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), the present middle indicative first-person singular 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) to 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 - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  3. φύομαι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
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