pheme

For rumour [the Greek pheme, via fama in Latin, gives us our word fame] is an evil thing; by nature she's a light weight to lift up, yes, but heavy to carry and hard to put down again.

Socrates ? a man for our times Bettany Hughes 2010

Trial by media, by pheme, has always had a horrible potency.

Socrates ? a man for our times Bettany Hughes 2010

The word can mean (depending on where you decide ‘blas’ comes from) either an injurious statement (pheme: utterance; blas possibly from blastikos: hurtful) or an ignorant statement (blax: stupid).

Blasphemy from Jesus, Joseph Smith, and a Zen Master. | Mind on Fire 2009

Here Aristotle was on the point of discover - ing the difference between base and derivation mor - pheme, but he never developed the idea any further.

STUDY OF LANGUAGE ALVAR ELLEG 1968

Blasphemy (Greek blaptein, "to injure", and pheme, "reputation") signifies etymologically gross irreverence towards any person or thing worthy of exalted esteem.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

The local element, however (for Hellenic oracles essentially localize divination), and the practice of interpreting divine voices as heard in wind, or tree, or water (pheme theon; ossa, omphe Dios — Zeus was panompsaios cf. the Italian fauni, karmentes) were rooted in Greek or pre-Greek religion.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

This _pheme_ occurred to me when, after more than half a century, I read again Amédée Achard's _Belle-Rose_.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889

Hughes puts his fame in its Greek context, where the word's root, pheme, means talk.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

Trial by media, by pheme, has always had a horrible potency.

The Guardian World News 2010

Trial by media, by pheme, has always had a horrible potency.

The Guardian World News 2010