φάτις
φάτις
φάτις (ᾰ), ιος, ἡ,
φημί
like φήμη, a voice from heaven, the voice of an oracle, an oracle, Aesch., Soph.
a saying among men, common talk, rumour, report, Lat. fama, Od., Trag.; κατὰ φάτιν as report goes, Hdt.; ὡς φ. κρατεῖ Aesch.; ὥσπερ ἡ φ. Soph.; φ. ἐστί ʼtis said that . . , Pind.; ἡ φ. μιν ἔχει the report goes of him, Hdt.
the subject of a saying, a theme, Pind.
speech, words, of a single person, Soph.: speech, language, Aesch.