προφήτης

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Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 27 August 2016

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Etymology

    From προ- (pro-, “before”) +‎ φημί (phēmí, “I say”) +‎ -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix).

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    Noun

    προφήτης • (prophḗtēs) m (genitive προφήτου); first declension

    1. one who speaks for and interprets the will of a god: prophet, seer
      • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 19:
        Διὸς προφήτης δ’ ἐστὶ Λοξίας πατρός
        Diòs prophḗtēs d’ estì Loxías patrós
        But Loxias is the spokesman of Zeus, his father.
    2. one of the keepers of the oracle at Branchidae
    3. priest at an Egyptian temple
    4. one who interprets the ravings of a μάντις (mántis, “oracle”)
      • 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 72a:
        ὅθεν δὴ καὶ τὸ τῶν προφητῶν γένος ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐνθέοις μαντείαις κριτὰς ἐπικαθιστάναι νόμος
        hóthen dḕ kaì tò tôn prophētôn génos epì taîs enthéois manteíais kritàs epikathistánai nómos
        Wherefore also it is customary to set the tribe of prophets to pass judgement upon these inspired divinations.
    5. interpreter, proclaimer
      • 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 211:
        ἐπεὶ σὺ φέγγος, Τειρεσία, τόδ’ οὐχ ὁρᾷς, ἐγὼ προφήτης σοι λόγων γενήσομαι
        epeì sù phéngos, Teiresía, tód’ oukh horâis, egṑ prophḗtēs soi lógōn genḗsomai
        Since you do not see this light, Teiresias, I will be your interpreter.
    6. (Christianity) prophet
      • 53 CE – 55 CE, Paul the Apostle, First Epistle to the Corinthians 14:32:
        καὶ πνεύματα προφητῶν προφήταις ὑποτάσσεται
        kaì pneúmata prophētôn prophḗtais hupotássetai
        The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
    7. herbalist
      • Ps.-Dsc. 1.10

    Inflection

    First declension of ὁ προφήτης; τοῦ προφήτου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ προφήτης
    ho prophḗtēs     		τὼ προφήτᾱ
    tṑ prophḗtā     		οἱ προφῆται
    hoi prophêtai
    Genitive τοῦ προφήτου
    toû prophḗtou     		τοῖν προφήταιν
    toîn prophḗtain     		τῶν προφητῶν
    tôn prophētôn
    Dative τῷ προφήτῃ
    tôi prophḗtēi     		τοῖν προφήταιν
    toîn prophḗtain     		τοῖς προφήταις
    toîs prophḗtais
    Accusative τὸν προφήτην
    tòn prophḗtēn     		τὼ προφήτᾱ
    tṑ prophḗtā     		τοὺς προφήτᾱς
    toùs prophḗtās
    Vocative προφῆτᾰ
    prophêta     		προφήτᾱ
    prophḗtā     		προφῆται
    prophêtai
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    Greek

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs).

    Noun

    προφήτης • (profítis) m (plural προφήτες)

    1. prophet

    Declension

    Declension of προφήτης
    singular plural
    nominative προφήτης (profítis) προφήτες (profítes)
    genitive προφήτη (profíti) προφητών (profitón)
    accusative προφήτη (profíti) προφήτες (profítes)
    vocative προφήτη (profíti) προφήτες (profítes)

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