φέρβω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, an agricultural term without etymology.[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʷ-, if Latin forbea reflects a true Italic cognate rather than a borrowing from Ancient Greek φορβή (phorbḗ) or an unattested relative thereof.[2]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

φέρβω • (phérbō)

  1. to feed, nourish
  2. to pasture, graze
  3. (passive voice) to be fed
  4. to eat, consume
  5. to enjoy, have

Inflection

   Present: φέρβω, φέρβομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative φέρβω φέρβεις φέρβει φέρβετον φέρβετον φέρβομεν φέρβετε φέρβουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive φέρβω φέρβῃς φέρβῃ φέρβητον φέρβητον φέρβωμεν φέρβητε φέρβωσῐ(ν)
optative φέρβοιμῐ φέρβοις φέρβοι φέρβοιτον φερβοίτην φέρβοιμεν φέρβοιτε φέρβοιεν
imperative   φέρβε φερβέτω φέρβετον φερβέτων   φέρβετε φερβόντων
middle/
passive 		indicative φέρβομαι φέρβῃ,
φέρβει 		φέρβεται φέρβεσθον φέρβεσθον φερβόμεθᾰ φέρβεσθε φέρβονται
subjunctive φέρβωμαι φέρβῃ φέρβηται φέρβησθον φέρβησθον φερβώμεθᾰ φέρβησθε φέρβωνται
optative φερβοίμην φέρβοιο φέρβοιτο φέρβοισθον φερβοίσθην φερβοίμεθᾰ φέρβοισθε φέρβοιντο
imperative   φέρβου φερβέσθω φέρβεσθον φερβέσθων   φέρβεσθε φερβέσθων
active middle/passive
infinitive φέρβειν φέρβεσθαι
participle m φέρβων φερβόμενος
f φέρβουσᾰ φερβομένη
n φέρβον φερβόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἔφερβον, ἐφερβόμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἔφερβον ἔφερβες ἔφερβε(ν) ἐφέρβετον ἐφερβέτην ἐφέρβομεν ἐφέρβετε ἔφερβον
middle/
passive 		indicative ἐφερβόμην ἐφέρβου ἐφέρβετο ἐφέρβεσθον ἐφερβέσθην ἐφερβόμεθᾰ ἐφέρβεσθε ἐφέρβοντο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Pluperfect: ἐπεφόρβειν, ἐπεφόρμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἐπεφόρβειν,
ἐπεφόρβη 		ἐπεφόρβεις,
ἐπεφόρβης 		ἐπεφόρβει(ν) ἐπεφόρβετον ἐπεφορβέτην ἐπεφόρβεμεν ἐπεφόρβετε ἐπεφόρβεσᾰν
middle/
passive 		indicative ἐπεφόρμην ἐπέφορψο ἐπέφορπτο ἐπέφορφθον ἐπεφόρφθην ἐπεφόρμεθᾰ ἐπέφορφθε ἐπεφόρβᾰτο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φέρβω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1561-2
  2. ^ Weiss, Michael (2018) “Limited Latin Grassmann's Law: Do We Need It?”, in Dieter Gunkel, Stephanie W. Jamison, Angelo O. Mercado and Kazuhiko Yoshida, editors, Vina Diem Celebrent: Studies in Linguistics and Philology in Honor of Brent Vine‎, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, page 440 of 438–447

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