F, f, fi` , tov , indecl., twenty-first letter of the Gr. alphabet: as a numeral fV = 500, but Ëf = 500,000. The consonant F arose from the labial P followed by the aspirate, and was anciently written PH .
I.
changes of
F
:
1.
in Aeol., Dor. and Ion. the aspirate was often dropped, and
f
became
p
, as in
ajspavrago" spovggo" spurav"
for
ajsfavrago" sfovggo" sfurav"
, whereas the Att. sometimes used
f
for
p
, as
fanov" favtra
for
panov" pavtra
.
2.
in Aeol., Dor., and Ion.
f
is sometimes put for
q
, as
fhvr flavw
for
qhvr qlavw
.
II.
older Poets sometimes treated
f
as a double consonant, so that a short vowel before it becomes long by position, as in
o[fi", Zefuvrio"
quasi
o[pfi", Zepfuvrio"
.
fa`
fa` , Dor. and poët. for e[fh , 3 sing. aor. 2 of fhmiv .
favanqen
favanqen , lenghtd. for favnqen , Ep. for ejfavnqhsan , 3 pl. aor. I pass. of faivnw .
faavntero"
faavntero" , a, on , Ep. Comp. of faeinov" , brighter, Anth.; Sup. faavntato" , h, on , brightest, Od.
fagevein
fa±gevein and fa±gevmen , Ep. for fagei`n .
fa gei`n, FA GE `IN
F ØAGE `IN , inf. of e[fa±gon , with no pres. in use, used as aor. 2 of ejsqivw :— to eat, devour, fagevmen kai; pievmen Od.; fagei`n te kai; piei`n Ar., etc.; c. gen. to eat of a thing, Od.
2.
to eat up, devour, squander,
Ib.
II.
in N.T. occurs a f.
favgomai
, 2 sing.
favgesai
. Hence
favge"
favge"
favge" , Ep. 2 sing. of fagei`n :— favgh/si , Ep. 3 sing. subj.
fagov", favgo"
fa±gov" , oJ , a glutton, N.T.
favgwnti , Dor. for favgwsi , 3 pl. subj. of fagei`n .
fave
fave , Ep. for e[fae , 3 sing. impf. of favw .
faeqontiv"