φύομαι

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Verb

φῠ́ομαι (phúomai)

  1. present middle indicative first-person singular of φῠ́ω (phúō)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φῠ́ομαι (I am produced, grown) of active φῠ́ω.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.o.me/
  • Hyphenation: φύ‧ο‧μαι

Verb

φύομαι (fýomai) deponent found chiefly in the present tense

  1. (intransitive, formal) 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

References

  1. Jordanidou, Anna (2004) Τα ρήματα της νέας ελληνικής [Modern Greek Verbs], Athens: Patakis Publishers
  2. φύομαι in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  3. Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
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