φύομαι

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰý.o.mai̯/ → /ˈɸy.o.mɛ/ → /ˈfi.o.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰý.o.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.o.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸy.o.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfy.o.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.o.me/

Verb

φῠ́ομαι • (phúomai)

1. present middle indicative first-person singular of φῠ́ω (phúō)

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φῠ́ομαι (“I am produced, grown”) of active φῠ́ω.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.o.me/
• Hyphenation: φύ‧ο‧μαι

Verb

φύομαι • (fýomai) deponent found chiefly in the present tense

1. (intransitive, formal) grow, sprout, germinate

   Synonym: φυτρώνω (fytróno)

   For transitive, see φυτεύω (fytévo, “I plant”)

Usage notes

• Dictionaries mention past tense, past and imperfect tense (the present stem).
• When past tenses are needed, some ancient forms from inflection of φύω may be used:

  εφύετο (efýeto, “it was grown”) (ἐφῠ́ετο)

  εφύην (efýin, “I grew”), εφύη (efýi, “it grew”) (ἐφῠ́η, late form of ἔφῡ)

Conjugation

φύομαι (deponent defective verb  deponent, defective verb: present stem only)

	Passive voice ➤   —   Imperfective aspect ➤
Indicative mood ➤	Present ➤	Imperfect ➤	Future ➤
1 sg	φύομαι	[φυόμουν]1	θα φύομαι
2 sg	φύεσαι	[φυόσουν]	θα φύεσαι
3 sg	φύεται	φυόταν[ε], {εφύετο}	θα φύεται
1 pl	φυόμαστε	[φυόμασταν, (‑όμαστε)]	θα φυόμαστε
2 pl	φύεστε, {φύεσθε}	[φυόσασταν, (‑όσαστε)]	θα φύεστε, θα {φύεσθε}
3 pl	φύονται	φύονταν, {εφύοντο}	θα φύονται
Subjunctive mood ➤	Formed using present tense from above with a particle (να, ας).
Imperative mood ➤	2 sg	2 pl
Imperfective aspect	—	φύεστε
Other forms	Present participle ➤	Perfect participle ➤
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Notes     Appendix:Greek verbs	1. Past tenses are rare in actual speech: The imperfect may be formed with the imperfective stem. If simple past tense is needed, the late ancient form ἐφύην (“I grew”) may be used, in formal style:   εφύην, εφύης, εφύη, εφύημεν, εφύητε, εφύησαν For more forms, see the inflection of ancient φύω.  • (…) optional or informal.   […] rare.   {…} learned, archaic.  • Multiple forms are shown in order of reducing frequency.  • Periphrastic imperative forms may be produced using the subjunctive.

Related terms

• -φυής (-fyís)
• -φυΐα (-fyḯa)
• αναφύομαι (anafýomai, “spring up”)
• εκφύομαι (ekfýomai, “grow from, spring up from”)
• προσφύομαι (prosfýomai, “I am suffixed, appended”)
• συμφύομαι (symfýomai, “grow together”)