φ
φ
φ, φῖ, τό, indecl., twenty-first letter of the Gr.
changes of φ:
in Aeolic, Doric and Ionic the aspirate was often dropped, and φ became π, as in ἀσπάραγος σπόγγος σπυράς for ἀσφάραγος σφόγγος σφυράς, whereas the Attic sometimes used φ for π, as φανός φάτρα for πανός πάτρα.
in Aeolic, Doric, and Ionic φ is sometimes put for θ, as φήρ φλάω for θήρ θλάω.
older Poets sometimes treated φ as a double consonant, so that a short vowel before it becomes long by position, as in ὄφις, Ζεφύριος quasi ὄπφις, Ζεπφύριος.
No short def.
Headword (normalized/stripped):
φ
Intro Text:
φ
φ, φῖ, τό, indecl., twenty-first letter of the Gr.
changes of φ:
in Aeolic, Doric and Ionic the aspirate was often dropped, and φ became π, as in ἀσπάραγος σπόγγος σπυράς for ἀσφάραγος σφόγγος σφυράς, whereas the Attic sometimes used φ for π, as φανός φάτρα for πανός πάτρα.
in Aeolic, Doric, and Ionic φ is sometimes put for θ, as φήρ φλάω for θήρ θλάω.
older Poets sometimes treated φ as a double consonant, so that a short vowel before it becomes long by position, as in ὄφις, Ζεφύριος quasi ὄπφις, Ζεπφύριος.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35019
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