φράσις

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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May be for *φράστις, from the stem of φράζω (phrázō), *φραδ-, + Proto-Indo-European *-tis. Note the derivation φραστικός (phrastikós) and similar derivations from this stem.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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φρᾰ́σῐς (phrásisf (genitive φρᾰ́σεως); third declension

  1. speech
  2. way of speaking, expression
  3. expression, idiom, phrase

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: phrase
  • Greek: φράση (frási)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φράζομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1588

Further reading

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