φύσαντες
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰy̌ː.san.tes/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰy.san.tes/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸy.san.tes/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfy.san.tes/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfi.san.des/
Etymology 1[edit]
Participle[edit]
φῡ́σαντες • (phū́santes)
- masculine nominative/vocative plural of φῡ́σᾱς (phū́sās): "(they) have brought forth/produced/generated/begot; (they) have created/made"
Etymology 2[edit]
Substantivization/nominalization of the participle form φῡ́σαντες (phū́santes), the nominative/vocative plural of φῡ́σᾱς (phū́sās).
Noun[edit]
φῡ́σαντες • (phū́santes)
- (literally) they who have brought forth/produced/generated/begot; they who have created/made
- (metonymically, generally with the definite article present):
- (in the marked state): fathers, forefathers/(male) ancestors
- (in the unmarked state): parents, ancestors
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “φύσαντες”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers