ἐμφυσάω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἐν- (en-, “in, into”) + φῡσάω (phūsáō, “to blow, to puff”), from φῦσᾰ (phûsa, “pair of bellows”) + -άω (-áō, verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /em.pʰyː.sá.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /em.pʰyˈsa.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /em.ɸyˈsa.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /em.fyˈsa.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /em.fiˈsa.o/
Verb
[edit]ἐμφῡσάω • (emphūsáō)
- to blow in, to breathe into
- to breathe upon
- to blow up, to inflate
- (in passive, generally) to be swollen
Inflection
[edit] Present: ἐμφῡσᾰ́ω, ἐμφῡσᾰ́ομαι (Uncontracted)
Imperfect: ἐνεφῡ́σᾰον, ἐνεφῡσᾰόμην (Uncontracted)
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐνεφῡ́σᾰον | ἐνεφῡ́σᾰες | ἐνεφῡ́σᾰε(ν) | ἐνεφῡσᾰ́ετον | ἐνεφῡσᾰέτην | ἐνεφῡσᾰ́ομεν | ἐνεφῡσᾰ́ετε | ἐνεφῡ́σᾰον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐνεφῡσᾰόμην | ἐνεφῡσᾰ́ου | ἐνεφῡσᾰ́ετο | ἐνεφῡσᾰ́εσθον | ἐνεφῡσᾰέσθην | ἐνεφῡσᾰόμεθᾰ | ἐνεφῡσᾰ́εσθε | ἐνεφῡσᾰ́οντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἐνεφῡ́σων | ἐνεφῡ́σᾱς | ἐνεφῡ́σᾱ | ἐνεφῡσᾶτον | ἐνεφῡσᾱ́την | ἐνεφῡσῶμεν | ἐνεφῡσᾶτε | ἐνεφῡ́σων | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐνεφῡσώμην | ἐνεφῡσῶ | ἐνεφῡσᾶτο | ἐνεφῡσᾶσθον | ἐνεφῡσᾱ́σθην | ἐνεφῡσώμεθᾰ | ἐνεφῡσᾶσθε | ἐνεφῡσῶντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: ἐμπεφῡ́σηκᾰ, ἐμπεφῡ́σημαι
Derived terms
[edit]- ἐμφῡ́σημᾰ (emphū́sēma)
References
[edit]- “ἐμφυσάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press