φαντασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phántasis) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phantázō, “I make visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (phantasíā) f (genitive φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. look, appearance, presentation, display
  2. showy appearance, pomp, pageantry
  3. perception, impression
  4. image

Inflection

  • ἀφᾰντᾰσίαστος (aphantasíastos, “not manifested”)
  • ἀφᾰντᾰσίωτος (aphantasíōtos, “unable to imagine”)
  • ἀφᾰ́ντᾰστος (aphántastos, “without imagination”)
  • εὐφᾰντᾰσίωτος (euphantasíōtos, “gifted with a vivid imagination”)
  • εὐφᾰ́ντᾰστος (euphántastos, “imaginative”)

and see at φᾰντᾰ́ζω, φαίνω (phaínō)

Descendants

  • → Latin: phantasia, fantasia (see there for further descendants)

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phantasíā), via Italian fantasia from the Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fan.daˈsi.a/
  • Hyphenation: φα‧ντα‧σί‧α

Noun

φαντασία • (fantasía) f (plural φαντασίες)

  1. imagination, fantasy
  2. (music, form) fantasia (when referring to specific title, it is written with capital Φ)
    Χρωματική Φαντασία και Φούγκα του Μπαχ ― Chromatikí Fantasía kai Foúgka tou Bach ― Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue by Bach

Declension

Derived terms

  • επιστημονική φαντασία f (epistimonikí fantasía, “science fiction”)
  • κατά φαντασίαν ασθενής m (katá fantasían asthenís, “imginary invalid”) (title of play Le Malade imaginaire by Molière)

Expressions:

  • ονειροφαντασιά f (oneirofantasiá, “a dream's fantasy”) (poetic)
  • υπνοφαντασιά f (ypnofantasiá, “a sleep's fantasy”)
  • φαντασιοκόπημα n (fantasiokópima, “fantasising”)
  • φαντασιοκοπία f (fantasiokopía, “fantasising”)
  • φαντασιοκόπος (fantasiokópos, “fantasiser”)
  • φαντασιοκοπώ (fantasiokopó, “fantasise”)
  • φαντασιόπληκτος (fantasiópliktos, “fantasiser”)
  • φαντασιοπληξία f (fantasioplixía, “fantasising”)
  • φαντασιώνω (fantasióno, “fantasise”)
  • φαντασίωση f (fantasíosi, “fantasising”)
  • and see at φαντάζω (fantázo)

Further reading

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