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φημί
φημί φήσω, ἔφησα, common only in pres. and impf. [cogn, Lat. fari, speak, bor., Eng. euphemism, prophet ], say, assert, abs., with inf., acc. and inf., or nom. and inf. Idiomatic uses: in answers, assent, say yes, with neg., say no, οὔ φημι with inf, say that... not (φημί regularly takes the neg., which in Eng. goes with the dependent verb), deny, refuse, Lat. nego.

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to say, to claim

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φημί φήσω, ἔφησα, common only in pres. and impf. [cogn, Lat. fari, speak, bor., Eng. euphemism, prophet ], say, assert, abs., with inf., acc. and inf., or nom. and inf. Idiomatic uses: in answers, assent, say yes, with neg., say no, οὔ φημι with inf, say that... not (φημί regularly takes the neg., which in Eng. goes with the dependent verb), deny, refuse, Lat. nego.
IDX:
2486
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:anabasis-mather-2488
Key:
fhmi/

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