φαντασία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phántasis) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phantázō, “I make visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰan.ta.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰan.taˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸan.taˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fan.taˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fan.daˈsi.a/
Noun
φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (phantasíā) f (genitive φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- look, appearance, presentation, display
- showy appearance, pomp, pageantry
- perception, impression
- image
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- 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
- English: fantasy, fancy
- French: fantaisie
- Greek: φαντασία (fantasía)
- Russian: фанта́зия f (fantázija)
References
- “φαντασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φαντασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φαντασία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5325 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- fancy idem, page 306.
- imagination idem, page 416.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ.
For the music form: Italian fantasia from Greek φαντασία (fantasía).
Pronunciation
Noun
φαντασία • (fantasía) f (plural φαντασίες)
- imagination, fantasy
- (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
Derived terms
- επιστημονική φαντασία f (epistimonikí fantasía, “science fiction”)
- κατά φαντασίαν ασθενής m (katá fantasían asthenís, “imginary invalid”) (title of play Le Malade imaginaire by Molière)
Expressions:
Derived terms
- αρρωστημένη φαντασία (arrostiméni fantasía, “perverted imagination”)
- αφήνω ελεύθερη τη φαντασία (afíno eléftheri ti fantasía)
- αχαλίνωτη φαντασία (achalínoti fantasía, “unbridled imagination”)
- αποκύημα φαντασίας (apokýima fantasías, “figment of imagination”)
- γέννημα φαντασίας (génnima fantasías, “figment of imagination”)
- εξημμένη φαντασία (eximméni fantasía, “aroused imagination”)
- επιστρατεύω τη φαντασία μου (epistratévo ti fantasía mou, “enlist/use my imagination”)
- ευρηματική φαντασία (evrimatikí fantasía, “inventive imagination”)
- ζωηρή φαντασία (zoïrí fantasía, “vivid imagination”)
- η φαντασία καλπάζει (i fantasía kalpázei, “literally: the imagination gallops”)
- καλλιτεχνική φαντασία (kallitechnikí fantasía, “artistic imagination”)
- κεντρίζω τη φαντασία (kentrízo ti fantasía, “stimulate the imagination”)
- νοσηρή φαντασία (nosirí fantasía, “perverted imagination”)
- στερούμαι φαντασίας (steroúmai fantasías, “lack imagination”)
Related 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)
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