Spir. Prooem., Eratosth.Prooem.
φημί,
A.
φῄς, φηις
PCair.Zen. 316.1
(iii B. C.), PSI 7.846.7 (Pap. of Ar. (?),ii/iii A. D.), cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.147 , 419 ;φησί(apocop. φή
Anacr. 40
); pl.φᾰμέν, φᾰτέ, φᾱσί;
Dor.
φᾱμί,φᾱσίorφᾱτί( Ar. Ach. 771 , Anon. in PSI 9.1091.11 , 18 ),3 pl. φαντί;
Aeol.
φᾶμι
Sapph. 32 ,2 sg.
φαῖσθα
Alc. Supp. 20.6
,3 sg. φαῖσιib. 26.5 , Sapph. 66 ,3 pl.
φαῖσι
Sapph. Supp. 5.2
:aor. 2 ἔφην,
Ep.
φῆν
Il. 18.326
; ἔφησθα
1.397
, al., Ar. Lys. 132 , X. An. 1.6.7 , Pl. Cra. 438a , Aeschin. 3.164 , etc. (rarely ἔφης
Il. 22.280
, X. Cyr. 4.1.23 ), Ep.
φῆσθα
Il. 21.186
, Od. 14.149 ( v.l. φῇσθα ) , φῆς
Il. 5.473
, Od. 7.239 (v.l.);ἔφη,
Ep.
φῆ,
Dor.
φᾶ
Pi. I. 2.11
;1 pl.
ἔφᾰμεν
Isoc. 3.26
( ἔφημεν
A.D. Adv. 184.7
, Gal. 1.158 , Papp. 524.16 , Choerob. in Theod. 2.341 H.);2 pl.
ἔφᾰτε
And. 2.25
;3 pl. ἔφασαν,
Ep.
φάσαν
Il. 2.278
, alsoἔφᾰν, φάν,
3.161 , 6.108 ; imper.φαθί(on the accentv.Hdn.Gr. 1.431 , al., A.D. Synt. 264.4 ;φάθιis found in codd. of Pl. Grg. 475e , al.);subj. φῶ, φῇς, φῇ,
Ep.
φῇσιν
Od. 1.168
, φήῃ
11.128
, 23.275 ; Dor.
3 pl. subj.
φᾶντι
Tab.Heracl. 1.116
; opt.φαίην, 1 pl.
φαῖμεν
Il. 2.81
, 24.222 , Pi. N. 7.87 ,3 pl.
φαῖεν
Th. 3.68
, etc.;inf. φάναι,
Hdt. 1.27 , etc., poet. φάμεν
Pi. N. 8.19
;part.
φάς
Il. 9.35
, Hdt. 1.63 , 141 , SIG 279.18 (Zeleia,iv B. C.), φᾶσα
Hdt. 6.135
, pl. φάντες
Il. 3.44
, 14.126 , Pl. Alc. 2.139b :fut. φήσω,
Dor.
φασῶ
Ar. Ach. 739
, etc.;1 pl.
φασοῦμες
Diotog.
ap. Stob. 4.1.133 :aor. 1
ἔφησα
Cratin.
in PSI 11.1212.9 , Hdt. 3.153 , PCair.Zen. 19.3
(iii B. C.)(ἔφασενis dub. ib. 140.7 ); Dor.
3 sg.
φᾶσε
Pi. N. 1.66
;2 sg. subj.( Dor. )φάσῃς [ᾱ] Simon. 32 (φήσῃςetc. codd. Stob. , corr. Bgk.); opt. φήσειε
Hdt. 6.69
, A. Pr. 503 ,part.
φήσας
X. Mem. 3.11.1
, Isoc. 12.239 ,inf.
φῆσαι
Thphr. Char. 2.7
:— Med. (chiefly poet. in early writers),impf.andaor. 2 ἐφάμην, ἔφατο(also SIG 437.6 (Delph.,iii B. C.), PCair.Zen. 343.8
(iii B. C.), PSI 4.437.8
(iii B. C.), Parth. 4.5 , etc.), Ep.
φάτο
Il. 20.262
, φάσθε
Od. 6.200
, 10.562 ,ἔφαντο,
Ep.
φάντο
24.460
; imper. φάο
16.168
, 18.171 ,φάσθω, φάσθε; inf. φάσθαι; part. φάμενος(also Archim.
Spir. Prooem., Eratosth.Prooem., SIG 364.83 (Ephesus,iii B. C.), PCair.Zen. 236.4
(iii B. C.), PHamb. 4.14
(i A. D.), J. AJ 17.12.2 , Gal. 6.228 , etc.): Dor.
fut. φάσομαι [ᾱ] Pi. N. 9.43 :— Pass. ,pf. 3 sg.
πέφαται
A.R. 2.500
;3 sg.imper. πεφάσθω
Pl. Ti. 72d
; butpart.
πεφασμένος
Il. 14.127
, A. Pr. 843 shd. be referred toφαίνω:aor. ἐφάθην(ἀπ-, κατ-) Arist. Int. 18b39 . Thepres. indic. φημίis enclit., exc. in2 sg. pres. φῄς:φαμένis1 pl. pres.,φάμενpoet.inf.:φαντίis3 pl.,φάντι part.
II. φάσκωsupplied all moods ofpres.except theindic., alsoimpf. ἔφασκον;cf.ἠμί. [ᾰ,except inφᾱσι, and in masc. and fem.part. φάς, φᾶσα: ininf. φάναι ᾰalways;φᾶναιis corrupt in Eub. 119.11 codd. Ath. ]:—say, affirm, assert,either abs., or folld. byinf., e. g.Λυσίθευς Μικίωνα φιλῖν( = -εῖν ) φησι
IG 12.924
, cf. 57.48 , or acc. etinf.; theinf.is freq. omitted,σὲ κακὸν καὶ ἀνάλκιδα φήσει(sc.εἶναι) Il. 8.153 ; alsoΚορινθίους τί φῶμεν;whatshall we say ofthem? X. HG 3.5.12 ; φ. πρός τινα, πρὸς ξεῖνον φάσθαι ἔπος ἠδ' ἐπακοῦσαι
Od. 17.584
: less freq. c. dat., αὐτοῖς
Ev.Matt. 13.28
;κατά τινος φ.tospeakagainst him, X. Ap. 25 : sts. folld. byὡς,
Lys. 7.19 ,v.l. in
X. HG 6.3.7 ; byὅτι,
Pl. Grg. 487d , Corn. ND 30 ; by an interrog. clause, μή ποτε φάσῃς ὅ τι γίνεται αὔριον
Simon.
l.c.; bypart., dub. in Pl. Grg. 481c (fort. leg.θῶμεν); also parenthetic, τίνες, φῄς, ἦσαν οἱ λόγοι;
Pl. Phd. 59c
.
b. since what one says commonly expresses a belief or opinion,think, deem, suppose,
φῆ γὰρ ὅ γ' αἱρήσειν Πριάμου πόλιν
Il. 2.37
;φαίης κε ζάκοτόν τέ τιν' ἔμμεναι ἄφρονά τε you would say, would think,he was . . , 3.220 ;ἶσον ἐμοὶ φάσθαι to sayhe is (i. e.fancyhimself) equal to me, 1.187 , 15.167 ;μὴ . . φαθὶ λεύσσειν thinknot that you see, Theoc. 22.56 ;τί φῄς;whatsay you?i.e. whatthink you?(v. infr. 11.5 ); λέγ' ἀνύσας ὅ τι φῄς
Ar. Pl. 349
:—soφ. δεῖν, φ. χρῆναι, deemit right, And. 3.34 , Isoc. 3.48 .
c. say,i.e.write,of an author, ὡς ἔφημεν
Gal. 1.158
, etc.—The Med. has all these senses as well as the Act.
II. Special Phrases:
1. φασί, they say, it is said,
Il. 5.638 , Od. 6.42 , etc.; parenthetically, Arist. EN 1109a35 , Men. Epit. 223 , etc.: Prose writers useφησίwhen quoting, D. 23.89 , etc.;φησίν saithHe, 1 Ep.Cor. 6.16 ; esp. of an opponent's objection, Plu. 2.112c ; even after a plural, ὅ τοίνυν μέγιστον ἔχειν οἴονται . . "καὶ αὐτός", φησί, "τῶν εἰσιόντων ἦσθα"
Lib. Or. 52.39
; "τὸν δὲ μετ' εἰσενόησα", ἔφη Ὅμηροςas H.said,
Pl. Prt. 315b .
2. joined with a synon. Verb,ἔφη λέγων, ἔφησε λέγων,
Hdt. 3.156 , 6.137 , etc.; ἔλεγε φάς
Id. 1.122
;λέγει οὐδέν, φαμένη. . Id. 2.22 ; τί ἐροῦμεν ἢ τί φήσομεν;
D. 8.37
, cf. 25.100 ; τί φῶ; τί λέξω;
E. Hel. 483
.
3. in repeating dialogues the Verb commonly goes before its subject,ἔφην ἐγώ, ἔφη ὁ Σωκράτης, saidI,said
S. , but the order is sts. inverted,ἐγὼ ἔφην, ὁ Σωκράτης ἔφη,Isaid,
S.
said.
4. inserted parenthetically, though the sentence has been introduced byλέγει, εἶπεν,etc., ὁ Ἰσχόμαχος . . εἶπεν: ἀλλὰ παίζεις μὲν σύ γε, ἔφη
X. Oec. 17.10
, cf. Pl. Chrm. 164e ; ἡ κρίσις . . διαρρήδην λέγει "διότι", φησίν, "ἔδοξε τἀληθῆ εἰσαγγεῖλαι"
Lys. 13.50
.
5.
τί φημί;
S. OT 1471
, and τί φῄς;
Ph. 804
, E. Hel. 706 (dub.), are used extra metrum, as exclamations.
6. κυριώτατα φάναι,in parenthesis, strictlyspeaking,
Ph. 2.374 ;ὡς οὕτω φάναι,
= ὡς εἰπεῖν, ἅπασαι ὡς οὕτω φάναι
practicallyall, Gal. Vict.Att. 9 ;συνελόντα( v.l. -όντι )φάναι,
= συνελόντι εἰπεῖν , Id. 16.502 .
7. Οἰδίπουν . . ἂν μόνον φῶif I onlymentionOedipus, Antiph. 191.6 , cf. Pl. Cra. 411a , 435a .
III.
like κατάφημι ,say yes, affirm, assert, καὶ τοὺς φάναιand theysaid yes,
Hdt. 8.88 ; καί φημι κἀπόφημι
S. OC 317
; ἔγωγέ φημι
Pl. Grg. 526c
; φάναι τε καὶ ἀπαρνεῖσθαι
Id. Tht. 165a
: c.inf., φῂς ἢ καταρνεῖ μὴ δεδρακέναι τάδε;
S. Ant. 442
; butοὔ φημιmeanssay no, deny, refuse,c.inf.,ἡ Πυθίη οὐκ ἔφη χρήσειν saidshe wouldnot. . , Hdt. 1.19 , cf. 8.2 ; οὐκ ἔφασαν ἐπιτρέψαι
Lys. 13.15
, 47 (leg.-τρέψειν): c. acc. etinf., οὔ φημ' Ὀρέστην ς' ἐνδίκως ἀνδρηλατεῖν
A. Eu. 221
, cf. Hdt. 2.63 : abs.,κἂν μὲν μὴ φῇif hesays no,
Ar. Av. 555 (anap.);ἢ φάθι ἢ μὴ ἃ ἐρωτῶanswer meyesor no, Pl. Grg. 475e ; so in answers,φημίor οὕτως φημί yes,
Id. Phdr. 270c
, al., Grg. 500e ;οὐκ ἔφηhesaid no,
Id. Phd. 118a .— In this sense Att. writers, besidespres., mostly usefut. φήσωandaor. ἔφησα,but inimpf.,inf., andpart. pres., to avoid ambiguity, they preferἔφασκον, φάσκειν, φάσκων(v.φάσκω):φάναιis distd. fr.φάσκειν,e.g.ἔφη σπουδάζειν he saidhe was in haste,ἔφασκε σπουδάζειν he allegedhe was in haste; butἔφησθαis found in this sense, X. An. 1.6.7 .
IV. command, order,
ἔφην τῷ Ὀρθοβούλῳ ἐξαλεῖψαί με
Lys. 16.13
(soἔφασαν, v.l. forἔφρασανin X. Cyr. 4.6.11 ).
