φήμη
Alt. φήμη, ἡ,
I. doric φάμα, Lat. fama: (φημί):— "a voice from heaven, a prophetic voice", Od.; so, when Ulysses prays to Zeus, φήμην τίς μοι φάσθω, he is answered by thunder, id=Od.; hence "an oracle, divination, omen", Hdt., Soph., etc.
2. "saying or report" spread among men, "rumour", Hes., Aeschin.; ὑποδεεστέρα τῆς φήμης inferior "to the report" of them, i. e. exaggerated, Thuc.
3. "the talk or report" of a man's character, Hes., etc.:—esp. "good report, fame", Hdt., Pind.; also, φ. πονηραί Aesch., etc.
4. φᾶμαι "songs of praise", Pind.
II. "any voice or words, a speech, saying", Aesch.:—esp. "a common saying, a tradition, legend", Eur., Plat.
2. "a message", Trag.