φαντασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phántasis) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phantázō, “I make visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (phantasíā) f (genitive φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. look, appearance, presentation, display
  2. showy appearance, pomp, pageantry
  3. perception, impression
  4. image

Inflection
First declension of ἡ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ
hē phantasíā		 τὼ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ phantasíā		 αἱ φᾰντᾰσῐ́αι
hai phantasíai
Genitive τῆς φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tês phantasíās		 τοῖν φᾰντᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn phantasíain		 τῶν φᾰντᾰσῐῶν
tôn phantasiôn
Dative τῇ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾳ
têi phantasíāi		 τοῖν φᾰντᾰσῐ́αιν
toîn phantasíain		 ταῖς φᾰντᾰσῐ́αις
taîs phantasíais
Accusative τὴν φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱν
tḕn phantasíān		 τὼ φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ
tṑ phantasíā		 τᾱ̀ς φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s phantasíās
Vocative φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ
phantasíā		 φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ
phantasíā		 φᾰντᾰσῐ́αι
phantasíai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • ἀφᾰντᾰσίαστος (aphantasíastos, “not manifested”)
  • ἀφᾰντᾰσίωτος (aphantasíōtos, “unable to imagine”)
  • ἀφᾰ́ντᾰστος (aphántastos, “without imagination”)
  • εὐφᾰντᾰσίωτος (euphantasíōtos, “gifted with a vivid imagination”)
  • εὐφᾰ́ντᾰστος (euphántastos, “imaginative”)

and see at φᾰντᾰ́ζω, φαίνω (phaínō)

Descendants
  • → Latin: phantasia, fantasia (see there for further descendants)

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phantasíā), via Italian fantasia from the Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fan.daˈsi.a/
  • Hyphenation: φα‧ντα‧σί‧α

Noun

φαντασία • (fantasía) f (plural φαντασίες)

  1. imagination, fantasy
  2. (music, form) fantasia (when referring to specific title, it is written with capital Φ)
    Χρωματική Φαντασία και Φούγκα του Μπαχ ― Chromatikí Fantasía kai Foúgka tou Bach ― Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue by Bach

Declension
declension of φαντασία
case     \     number singular plural
nominative φαντασία • φαντασίες •
genitive φαντασίας • φαντασιών •
accusative φαντασία • φαντασίες •
vocative φαντασία • φαντασίες •

Derived terms
  • επιστημονική φαντασία f (epistimonikí fantasía, “science fiction”)
  • κατά φαντασίαν ασθενής m (katá fantasían asthenís, “imaginary invalid”) (title of play Le Malade imaginaire by Molière)

Expressions:

Derived terms
  • ονειροφαντασιά f (oneirofantasiá, “a dream's fantasy”) (poetic)
  • υπνοφαντασιά f (ypnofantasiá, “a sleep's fantasy”)
  • φαντασιοκόπημα n (fantasiokópima, “fantasising”)
  • φαντασιοκοπία f (fantasiokopía, “fantasising”)
  • φαντασιοκόπος (fantasiokópos, “fantasiser”)
  • φαντασιοκοπώ (fantasiokopó, “fantasise”)
  • φαντασιόπληκτος (fantasiópliktos, “fantasiser”)
  • φαντασιοπληξία f (fantasioplixía, “fantasising”)
  • φαντασιώνω (fantasióno, “fantasise”)
  • φαντασίωση f (fantasíosi, “fantasising”)
  • and see at φαντάζω (fantázo)

Further reading
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