φημί

fhmiv fhmiv; imperfect
e[fhn; (from
favw, to bring forth into the light (cf. Curtius, sec. 407)); hence (from Homer down) properly, to make known one's thoughts, to declare; to say:
e[fh, he said (once on a time), ; historical writers, in quoting the words of anyone, prefix
fhsivn,
e[fh (Latin ait, inquit): ; , and often:
fhsivn and
e[fh are used of a person replying, ; ; ; ; , etc.; of one who asks a question, ; ; ;
e[fh
megavlh
th'/
fwnhv, ;
ajpokriqeiv"
e[fh, ; (
fhsivn is interjected into the recorded speech of another (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 61, 6), ; ,; ; also
e[fh, ;
fhsivn, like the Latin ait, inquit, is employed especially in the later Greek usage with an indefinite subject (`impersonally') (cf. man sagt, on dit, they say) (inserted in a sentence containing the words of another (cf. Winer's Grammar, as above)): where L Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading
fasivn (cf. Passow, ii, p. 2238a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 1); Buttmann, sec. 129, 19; (Winer's Grammar, sec. 58, 9{b}.
b.; sec. 64, 3)).
fhsivn namely,
oJ
Qeov", (here Lachmann brackets
fhsivn); ; (Winer's Grammar, 522 (486f)). The constructions of the verb are the following:
e[fh
aujtw'/,
aujtoi'", he replied to him, to them, ; ; , etc.; Mark (9:12 T Tr text WH); ; ; ;
ajpokriqeiv"
aujtw'/
e[fh, ;
e[fh
prov"
tina, ; ; ; ; with an accusative of the thing, , ; followed by
o{ti, ;
tou'to etc.
o{ti, (Rec.^bez^elz; others omit
o{ti); ; followed by an accusative with an infinitive, . (On its alleged omission, see Winer's Grammar, sec. 64, 7 a. Compare:
suvmfhmi.)