φύσαντες

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰy̌ː.san.tes/ → /ˈɸy.san.tes/ → /ˈfi.san.des/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰy̌ː.san.tes/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.san.tes/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸy.san.tes/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfy.san.tes/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.san.des/

Etymology 1

Participle

φῡ́σαντες • (phū́santes)

1. masculine nominative/vocative plural of φῡ́σᾱς (phū́sās): "(they) have brought forth/produced/generated/begot; (they) have created/made"

Etymology 2

Substantivization/nominalization of the participle form φῡ́σαντες (phū́santes), the nominative/vocative plural of φῡ́σᾱς (phū́sās).

Noun

φῡ́σαντες • (phū́santes)

1. (literally) they who have brought forth/produced/generated/begot; they who have created/made
2. (metonymically, generally with the definite article present):
   1. (in the marked state): fathers, forefathers/(male) ancestors
   2. (in the unmarked state): parents, ancestors

Related terms

• φῡ́σᾱς (phū́sās, “father/forefather/ancestor”)
• φῡ́ς (phū́s, “son/child/descendant”)

References

• “φύσαντες”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers