fhvlhx
fhvlhx , hko", oJ , a wild fig (prob. from fhlov" , deceitful, because it seems ripe when it is not really so), Ar.
fhlhteuvw
fhlhteuvw , to cheat, deceive, h. Hom. From fhlhthv"
fhlhthv"
fhlhthv" , ou`, oJ , ( fh`lo" ) a knave, thief, Hes., etc.
fh`lo"
fh`lo" , on , deceitful. Hence fhlovw
fhlovw
fhlovw , f. wvsw , to cheat, deceive, Aesch.: Pass., fhlouvmenoi Eur.
fhvmh
fhvmh , hJ , Dor. favma , Lat. fama : ( fhmiv ):— a voice from heaven, a prophetic voice, Od.; so, when Ulysses prays to Zeus, fhvmhn tiv" moi favsqw , he is answered by thunder, Ib.; hence an oracle, divination, omen, Hdt., Soph., etc.
2. saying or report spread among men, rumour, Hes., Aeschin.; uJpodeestevra th`" fhvmh" inferior to the report of them, i.e. exaggerated, Thuc.
3. the talk or report of a mans character, Hes., etc.:—esp. good report, fame, Hdt., Pind.; also, f. ponhraiv Aesch., etc.
4.
fa`mai
songs of praise,
Pind.
II.
any voice
or
words, a speech, saying,
Aesch.:—esp.
a common saying, a tradition, legend,
Eur., Plat.
2. a message, Trag.
fhmiv
(Root
FA
, cf.
favw
),
fhv/", fhsiv
, pl.
fa±mevn, fa±tev, fa<Eth>siv
; Dor.
fa<Eth>miv, fa<Eth>siv
or
fa<Eth>tiv
, 3 pl.
fantiv
:—aor. 2
e[fhn
(Ep.
fhvn
)
, e[fhsqa
rarely
e[fh"
(Ep.
fh`sqa, fh`"
)
, e[fh
(Ep.
fh`
, Dor.
fa`
); 3 pl.
e[fa±san
or
e[fa±n
, Ep.
favn
; imper.
fa±qiv
: subj.
fw`, fh`/", fh`/
(Ep.
fh`/sin, fhvh/
); opt.
faivhn
, 1 pl.
fai`men
, 3 pl.
fai`en, faivhsan
; inf.
favnai
, poët.
favmen
; part.
fav", fa`sa, favn
:—f.
fhvsw
, Dor.
fa<Eth>sw`
: aor.
I
e[fhsa
, Dor. 3 sing.
fa`se
, opt.
fhvseie
, part.
fhvsa"
:—Med., aor. 2
ejfavmhn, e[fa±to
(Ep.
favto
)
, e[fanto
(Ep.
favnto
); imper.
favo, favsqw, favsqe
; inf.
favsqai
; part.
favmeno"
: fut. Dor.
favsomai »a<Eth>1/4
:—Pass., 3 sing. imper. pf.
pefavsqw
, part.
pefasmevno"
.
II. the impf. act. should be e[fhn , like the aor. 2, but e[faskon was generally used instead. Radical sense: to declare, make known; and so, to say, affirm, assert, either absol., or foll. by inf. or by acc.; the inf. is often omitted, se; kako;n kai; ajnalkivda fhvsei (sc. ei\nai ) Il.; but also, Korinqivou" tiv fw`men ; what shall we say of them? Xen.:—then, since what one says commonly expresses a belief or opinion, to think, deem, suppose, Il.; faivh" ke zavkotovn tev tinÆ e[mmenai a[fronav te you would say, would think, he was. . , Ib.; mh; faqi; leuvssein think not that you see, Theocr.
II.
Special Phrases:
1.
fasiv
,
they say, it is said,
Hom., Att.; but in Prose also
fhsiv
, like French
on dit,
Dem.; (so Lat.