φήμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰā́mā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-meh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”). By surface analysis, a full-grade deverbal of φημί (phēmí, “to say, explain, argue”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̌ː.mɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe̝.me̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸi.mi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.mi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.mi/

Noun

φήμη • (phḗmē) f (genitive φήμης); first declension

prophetic voice, oracle
rumor
reputation

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φήμη; τῆς φήμης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φήμη hē phḗmē	τὼ φήμᾱ tṑ phḗmā	αἱ φῆμαι hai phêmai
Genitive	τῆς φήμης tês phḗmēs	τοῖν φήμαιν toîn phḗmain	τῶν φημῶν tôn phēmôn
Dative	τῇ φήμῃ têi phḗmēi	τοῖν φήμαιν toîn phḗmain	ταῖς φήμαις taîs phḗmais
Accusative	τὴν φήμην tḕn phḗmēn	τὼ φήμᾱ tṑ phḗmā	τᾱ̀ς φήμᾱς tā̀s phḗmās
Vocative	φήμη phḗmē	φήμᾱ phḗmā	φῆμαι phêmai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

εὔφημος (eúphēmos)
- εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós)

Related terms

φημί (phēmí)
φῆμις (phêmis)

Descendants

Greek: φήμη (fími)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φημί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1566-7

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φήμη (phḗmē, “talk”).

Noun

φήμη • (fími) f (plural φήμες)

Declension

Declension of φήμη

	singular	plural
nominative	φήμη •	φήμες •
genitive	φήμης •	φημών •
accusative	φήμη •	φήμες •
vocative	φήμη •	φήμες •

Synonyms

δόξα f (dóxa)

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φημί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1566-7

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φήμη

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