ἀφανής φαίνομαι unseen, invisible, viewless, of the nether world, Aesch.: χάσμα ἀφ. a blind pit, Hdt.; ἡ ἀφ. θεός, of Proserpine, Soph. ἀφ. γίγνεσθαι ἀφανίζεσθαι, to disappear, be missing, Hdt., Eur.:— of soldiers missing after a battle, Thuc.: cf. ἀφανίζω. unseen, unnoticed, secret, Solon, Thuc.: —c. part., ἀφ. εἰμι ποιῶν τι I do it without being noticed, Xen. unknown, uncertain, obscure, Hdt., Attic: of future events, τὸ ἀφανές uncertainty, Hdt.:—adv. ἀφανῶς, Thuc.; so ἐκ τοῦ ἀφανοῦς as adv., Thuc.; and neut. pl. ἀφανῆ, Eur. of persons, unnoticed, obscure, Eur., Thuc. ἀφανὴς οὐσία personal property, as money, which can be made away with, opp. to φανερά (real), as land, Oratt.