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φῆμις , ιος, ἡ, poet. for φήμη,
A.speech, talk, Il.10.207; but ἐς θῶκον πρόμολον δήμοιό τε φῆμιν the place of talk Od.15.468.
2. common opinion or judgement expressed in talk, “χαλεπὴ δ᾽ ἔχε δήμου φ.” 14.239, cf. 16.75; τῶν ἀλεείνω φῆμιν ἀδευκέα their 'bitter gossip', 6.273; “Κασσάνδραν . . φᾶμις ἔχησι βροτῶν” Ibyc.9.
b. φ. ἀοιδῶν their praise, Euph.40: hence,
3. reputation, “χαλεπὴν δέ τε φῆμιν ὀπάσσει . . γυναιξί” Od.24.201; later of good report, Man.3.183,237.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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