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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰý.o.mai̯/ → /ˈɸy.o.mɛ/ → /ˈfi.o.me/
Verb
φῠ́ομαι • (phúomai)
- present middle indicative first-person singular of φῠ́ω (phúō)
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φῠ́ομαι (“I am produced, grown”), the present middle indicative first-person singular of active φῠ́ω.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfi.o.me/
- Hyphenation: φύ‧ο‧μαι
Verb
φύομαι • (fýomai) deponent found chiefly in the present tense
- (intransitive, formal) to grow, sprout, germinate
- Synonym: φυτρώνω (fytróno)
- For transitive, see φυτεύω (fytévo, “I plant”)
Usage notes
- Dictionaries mention past tense,[1] past and imperfect tense (the present stem).[2]
- When past tenses are needed, some ancient forms from inflection of φύω may be used:
- εφύετο (efýeto, “it was grown”) (ἐφῠ́ετο)
- εφύην (efýin, “I grew”), εφύη (efýi, “it grew”)[3] (ἐφῠ́η, late form of ἔφῡ)
Conjugation
φύομαι (deponent defective verb - present stem only)
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Passive voice ➤ — Imperfective aspect ➤
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Present ➤
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Imperfect ➤
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Future ➤
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φύομαι
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[φυόμουν]1
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θα φύομαι
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φύεσαι
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[φυόσουν]
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θα φύεσαι
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φύεται
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φυόταν[ε], {εφύετο}
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θα φύεται
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φυόμαστε
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[φυόμασταν, (‑όμαστε)]
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θα φυόμαστε
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φύεστε, {φύεσθε}
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[φυόσασταν, (‑όσαστε)]
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θα φύεστε, θα {φύεσθε}
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φύονται
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φύονταν, {εφύοντο}
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θα φύονται
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Formed using present tense from above with a particle (να, ας).
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2 sg
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2 pl
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φύεστε
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| Other forms
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Present participle ➤
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Perfect participle ➤
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Notes
Appendix:Greek verbs
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1. Past tenses are rare in actual speech: The imperfect may be formed with the imperfective stem. If simple past tense is needed, the late ancient form ἐφύην (“I grew”) may be used, in formal style:
εφύην, εφύης, εφύη, εφύημεν, εφύητε, εφύησαν
For more forms, see the inflection of ancient φύω.
• (…) optional or informal. rare. {…} learned, archaic.
• Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency.
• Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive.
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References
- ^ Jordanidou, Anna (2004) Τα ρήματα της νέας ελληνικής [Modern Greek Verbs], Athens: Patakis Publishers
- ^ φύομαι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ φύομαι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.