φῆμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰāmə, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-mn̥. By surface analysis, φημί (phēmí) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̂ː.ma/ → /ˈɸi.ma/ → /ˈfi.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̂ː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸi.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ma/

Noun

φῆμᾰ • (phêmă) n (genitive φήμᾰτος); third declension

1. that which is said, word (a gloss by Hesychius)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φῆμᾰ; τοῦ φήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φῆμᾰ tò phêmă	τὼ φήμᾰτε tṑ phḗmăte	τᾰ̀ φήμᾰτᾰ tằ phḗmătă
Genitive	τοῦ φήμᾰτος toû phḗmătos	τοῖν φημᾰ́τοιν toîn phēmắtoin	τῶν φημᾰ́των tôn phēmắtōn
Dative	τῷ φήμᾰτῐ tôi phḗmătĭ	τοῖν φημᾰ́τοιν toîn phēmắtoin	τοῖς φήμᾰσῐ / φήμᾰσῐν toîs phḗmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ φῆμᾰ tò phêmă	τὼ φήμᾰτε tṑ phḗmăte	τᾰ̀ φήμᾰτᾰ tằ phḗmătă
Vocative	φῆμᾰ phêmă	φήμᾰτε phḗmăte	φήμᾰτᾰ phḗmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φῆμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press