# φράζω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

Uncertain. Seems to go back to a stem *φραδ-. Might be related to φρήν (phrḗn, “wits, will”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʰráz.dɔː/ → /ˈɸra.zo/ → /ˈfra.zo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /pʰráz.dɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈpʰra.zo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈɸra.zo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈfra.zo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈfra.zo/

### Verb

φρᾰ́ζω • (phrắzō)
* to make known, point out, intimate, show
* to tell, declare
* to explain, interpret
* to counsel, advise, suggest, bid, order
* (middle voice) to think, consider, ponder, muse
* (middle voice) to devise, plan, design, intend
* (middle voice) to think, suppose, believe, imagine that
* (middle voice) to remark, perceive, notice
* (middle voice) to come to know, learn, become acquainted with, see, understand
* (middle voice) to observe, watch, guard
* (middle voice) to mind, heed, take care, beware of

#### Derived terms

* ἀφραδής (aphradḗs)
* ἀφραδίη (aphradíē)
* διαφράζω (diaphrázō)
* Θεόφραστος (Theóphrastos)
* μεταφράζω (metaphrázō)
* φρᾰ́σις (phrắsis)
* φρᾰστέον (phrăstéon)
* φρᾰστήρ (phrăstḗr)
* φρᾰ́στης (phrắstēs)
* φρᾰστῐκός (phrăstĭkós)
* φρᾰ́στωρ (phrắstōr)

#### Related terms

* φρᾰδή (phrădḗ)
* φρᾰδής (phrădḗs)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φράζομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1588

### Further reading

* “φράζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “φράζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “φράζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* φράζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* φράζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “φράζω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G5419 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

## Greek
### Alternative forms

* φράσσω (frásso) (formal)

### Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek φράζω (phrázō) from Ancient Greek φράσσω (phrássō) or φράττω (phráttō) from past tense ‑αξα to present ‑άζω, in the pattern of στάζω (stázō), ἔσταξα (éstaxa, “I dripped”).
Unrelated to the ancient φράζω (phrázō, “tell, explain”). Stems φρακ-, φραγ- unrelated to φρακάρω (frakáro) or φράξια (fráxia) (see Related terms).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfra.zo/
* Hyphenation: φρά‧ζω

### Verb

φράζω • (frázo) (past έφραξα, passive φράζομαι, p‑past φράχτηκα, ppp φραγμένος)
* (transitive) to fence
* (transitive, intransitive) to block, obstruct, clog
    Έφραξε ο νεροχύτης.Éfraxe o nerochýtis.The sink clogged up.

#### Synonyms

* (formal): φράσσω (frásso), εμφράσσω (emfrásso)
(fence): περιφράσσω (perifrásso), περικλείω (perikleío) (block): εμποδίζω (empodízo) (clog): βουλώνω (voulóno)

#### Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “clog”): ξεβουλώνω (xevoulóno), αποφράζω (apofrázo), αποφράσσω (apofrásso) (formal)

#### Related terms

φραζ-
* αποφράζω (apofrázo)
* All other -φράζω verbs are related to the ancient φράζω (“tell, explain”) (e.g. μεταφράζω (metafrázo, “translate”), παραφράζω (parafrázo, “make a paraphrase”)
φρασσ- (all formal)
* αποφράσσω (apofrásso, “unblock”)
* εμφράσσω (emfrásso)
* περιφράσσω (perifrásso)
* φράσσω (frásso)
φρακ- + [t] > φραχτ-, or unchanged in the more formal φρακτ-
* απερίφραχτος (aperífrachtos, “unfenced”)
* αποφρακτικός (apofraktikós, “obstructive”)
* άφραχτος (áfrachtos, “unfenced”), άφρακτος (áfraktos)
* καγκελόφραχτος (kagkelófrachtos, “rail fenced”)
* σιδερόφραχτος (siderófrachtos, “fenced with iron rail”), σιδηρόφρακτος (sidirófraktos)
* υδατοφράχτης m (ydatofráchtis, “dam”), υδατοφράκτης (ydatofráktis)
* φράχτης m (fráchtis, “fence”), φράκτης (fráktis)
φρακ/γ- + [s] > φραξ-
* απόφραξη f (apófraxi, “unblocking”)
* έμφραξη f (émfraxi, “blocking”) (formal)
* περίφραξη f (perífraxi)
* φράξιμο n (fráximo)
* Unrelated: φράξια f (fráxia, “differentiated group within a political party”) from the Russian фракция (frakcija) from Latin fractio.
* Unrelated: φρακάρω (frakáro, “I block, I am blocked”) from Venetan fracar
φραγ-
* άφραγος (áfragos)
* διάφραγμα n (diáfragma)
* διαφραγματικός (diafragmatikós)
* έμφραγμα n (émfragma)
* ξέφραγος (xéfragos)
* οδόφραγμα n (odófragma)
* περίφραγμα n (perífragma)
* φραγή f (fragí)
* φράγμα n (frágma)
* φραγμός m (fragmós)

### References

* ↑ φράζω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language