φημί: Difference between revisions

|auten=(cf. fari), 2 [[sing]]. [[φῄς]] [[not]] enclitic [[like]] the [[other]] forms of the pres. ind., [[φησί]], [[φαμέν]], φατέ, φᾶς(ίν), subj. φῇ(σιν), [[φήῃ]], opt. φαίην, φαῖμεν, [[part]]. [[φάς]], ipf. [[ἔφην]], [[φῆν]], [[ἔφησθα]], [[φῆσθα]], [[φῆς]], ἔφαμεν, φάμεν, [[ἔφαν]], [[φάν]], fut. φήσει, [[mid]]. pres. imp. [[φάο]], [[φάσθω]], inf. [[φάσθαι]], [[part]]. [[φάμενος]], ipf. [[ἐφάμην]], [[φάτο]] ([[for]] [[πεφασμένος]] see [[φαίνω]]): [[say]], [[declare]], [[mostly]] of subjective [[statement]], to [[express]] [[opinion]], [[hence]] reg. const. w. acc. and inf. The ipf. and the pres. inf. [[have]] aoristic [[signification]]. No [[distinction]] [[between]] [[act]]. and [[mid]]. is to be sought. Often [[simply]] [[think]], [[believe]], Il. 2.37, Od. 1.391 ; ὅ γ' ἀνὴρ ὅν φημι, whom ‘I [[mean]],’ Il. 5.184 ; οὔ φημι (nego), Od. 15.213.