From Proto-Hellenic *pʰāmə, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-mn̥. By surface analysis, φημί (phēmí) + -μα (-ma).
φῆμᾰ • (phêma) n (genitive φήμᾰτος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ φῆμᾰ tò phêma |
τὼ φήμᾰτε tṑ phḗmate |
τᾰ̀ φήμᾰτᾰ tà phḗmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φήμᾰτος toû phḗmatos |
τοῖν φημᾰ́τοιν toîn phēmátoin |
τῶν φημᾰ́των tôn phēmátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φήμᾰτῐ tôi phḗmati |
τοῖν φημᾰ́τοιν toîn phēmátoin |
τοῖς φήμᾰσῐ / φήμᾰσῐν toîs phḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ φῆμᾰ tò phêma |
τὼ φήμᾰτε tṑ phḗmate |
τᾰ̀ φήμᾰτᾰ tà phḗmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φῆμᾰ phêma |
φήμᾰτε phḗmate |
φήμᾰτᾰ phḗmata | ||||||||||
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