φυή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • φῠᾱ́ (phuā́) — Doric

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

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.

Descendants
  • ⇒ English: diphyes
  • ⇒ Translingual: Heterophyes

Further reading
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