φυή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φῠᾱ́ (phuā́) — Doric

Etymology

From φύω (phúō, “to grow, to be . . . by nature”) +‎ -η (-ē, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰy.ɛ̌ː/ → /ɸyˈi/ → /fiˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰy.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰyˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸyˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fyˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈi/

Noun

φῠή • (phuḗ) f (genitive φῠῆς); first declension

1. (of human) Growth, stature, especially fine growth or noble stature.
   1. (of animals, plants, objects) Original form.
2. (poetic) Nature, genius.
3. The flower or prime of age.
4. Substance.
5. μερόπων φυή: the race of men.
6. Produce of a year, harvest.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φῠή; τῆς φῠῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φῠή hē phuḗ	τὼ φῠᾱ́ tṑ phuā́	αἱ φῠαί hai phuaí
Genitive	τῆς φῠῆς tês phuês	τοῖν φῠαῖν toîn phuaîn	τῶν φῠῶν tôn phuôn
Dative	τῇ φῠῇ têi phuêi	τοῖν φῠαῖν toîn phuaîn	ταῖς φῠαῖς taîs phuaîs
Accusative	τὴν φῠήν tḕn phuḗn	τὼ φῠᾱ́ tṑ phuā́	τᾱ̀ς φῠᾱ́ς tā̀s phuā́s
Vocative	φῠή phuḗ	φῠᾱ́ phuā́	φῠαί phuaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• διφυής (diphuḗs)

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Heterophyes

Further reading

• “φυή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φυή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φυή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “φυή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press