φραδής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φρᾰδῠ́ς (phradús)

Etymology

From φρᾰ́ζω (phrázō, “to show”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰra.dɛ̌ːs/ → /ɸraˈðis/ → /fraˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰra.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰraˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸraˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fraˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fraˈðis/

Adjective

φρᾰδής • (phradḗs) m or f (neuter φρᾰδές); third declension

1. understanding, wise, shrewd

Declension

Third declension of φρᾰδής; φρᾰδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φρᾰδής phradḗs	φρᾰδές phradés		φρᾰδεῖ phradeî	φρᾰδεῖ phradeî		φρᾰδεῖς phradeîs	φρᾰδῆ phradê
Genitive		φρᾰδοῦς phradoûs	φρᾰδοῦς phradoûs		φρᾰδοῖν phradoîn	φρᾰδοῖν phradoîn		φρᾰδῶν phradôn	φρᾰδῶν phradôn
Dative		φρᾰδεῖ phradeî	φρᾰδεῖ phradeî		φρᾰδοῖν phradoîn	φρᾰδοῖν phradoîn		φρᾰδέσῐ / φρᾰδέσῐν phradési(n)	φρᾰδέσῐ / φρᾰδέσῐν phradési(n)
Accusative		φρᾰδῆ phradê	φρᾰδές phradés		φρᾰδεῖ phradeî	φρᾰδεῖ phradeî		φρᾰδεῖς phradeîs	φρᾰδῆ phradê
Vocative		φρᾰδές phradés	φρᾰδές phradés		φρᾰδεῖ phradeî	φρᾰδεῖ phradeî		φρᾰδεῖς phradeîs	φρᾰδῆ phradê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		φρᾰδῶς phradôs			φρᾰδέστερος phradésteros			φρᾰδέστᾰτος phradéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• περῐφρᾰδής (periphradḗs)

Further reading

• “φραδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φραδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φραδής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φραδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φραδής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963