ἄφωνος
ἄφων-ος,
ον,(
φωνή)
A). voiceless, dumb, Thgn. 669 ,
Hdt. 1.85 ,
D. 18.191 ;
ῥήτωρ Antiph. 196.14 ;
κακὸν ἄ. Com.Adesp. 8 D.; stronger than
ἄναυδος (q.v.),
Hp. Epid. 3.17 .
γ/; εἴδωλα 1 Ep.Cor. 12.2 ;
unable to speak, of a child,
Sapph. 118 : c.gen.,
ἄ. τῆσδε τῆς ἀρᾶς unable to utter it,
S. OC 865 . Adv.
-νωςib.
131 (lyr.): neut. pl. as Adv.,
ἄφωνα σημανοῦσιν .. ὡς ..
A. Pers. 819 .
3). intestate, Tab.Heracl. 1.151 .
4). ἄφωνα (sc.
γράμματα, στοιχεῖα)
consonants, ἄ. καὶ φωνοῦντα (fort.
ἄ. φωνήεντα)
E. Fr. 578.2 ;
τοῖς ἄλλοις φωνήεσί τε καὶ ἄ. Pl. Cra. 393e ;
τὸ σῖγμα τῶν ἀ. ἐστί Id. Tht. 203b : but esp. of
mutes, τὰ ἄφθογγα καὶ ἄ. Id. Phlb. 18c , cf.
Cra. 424c ; opp.
ἡμίφωνα, Arist. Po. 1456b28 , cf.
Phld. Po. 2.16 ,
Herc. 994.28 ,
D.H. Comp. 14 ,
D.T. 631.20 ,
S.E. M. 1.102 .
ShortDef
voiceless, speechless, dumb, silent
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἄφωνος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αφωνος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-18611
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἄφων-ος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>,(<span class="etym greek">φωνή</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">voiceless, dumb,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 669 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.85 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:191" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:191/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.191 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ῥήτωρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:196:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:196.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 196.14 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κακὸν ἄ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 8 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>; stronger than <span class="foreign greek">ἄναυδος</span> (q.v.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:3.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 3.17 </a>. <span class="quote greek">γ/; εἴδωλα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:12:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:12.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Cor.</span> 12.2 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unable to speak,</span> of a child, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 118 </span>: c.gen., <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. τῆσδε τῆς ἀρᾶς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unable to utter</span> it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:865" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:865/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 865 </a>. Adv. <span class="foreign greek">-νως</span>ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:131" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:131/canonical-url/"> 131 </a> (lyr.): neut. pl. as Adv., <span class="foreign greek">ἄφωνα σημανοῦσιν .. ὡς</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:819" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:819/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 819 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with a poor voice,</span> <span class="quote greek">τραγῳδός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:631:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:631.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.T.</span> 631.21 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">intestate,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Tab.Heracl.</span> 1.151 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἄφωνα</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">γράμματα, στοιχεῖα</span>) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">consonants,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. καὶ φωνοῦντα</span> (fort. <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. φωνήεντα</span>) <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 578.2 </span>; <span class="quote greek">τοῖς ἄλλοις φωνήεσί τε καὶ ἄ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:393e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:393e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 393e </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ σῖγμα τῶν ἀ. ἐστί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:203b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:203b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 203b </a> : but esp. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mutes,</span> <span class="quote greek">τὰ ἄφθογγα καὶ ἄ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:18c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:18c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 18c </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:424c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:424c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 424c </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἡμίφωνα,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1456b:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1456b.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1456b28 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:2:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg290:2.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 2.16 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Herc.</span> 994.28 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 14 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:631:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063.tlg001:631.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.T.</span> 631.20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:1:102" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:1.102/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 1.102 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}