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ἀφανίζω
ἀφανίζω ἀφανής to make unseen, hide from sight, Xen., Thuc., etc. to do away with, remove, ἄχος Soph.; ἀφ. τινὰ πόλεος to carry off one from the city, Eur.; ἀφ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών to disappear into the temple, Ar.:—of state criminals, to remove from sight, make away with, Hdt., Xen.: Pass. to be concealed or suppressed, Thuc. to destroy utterly, rase to the ground, erase writing, Thuc., Dem.: to obliterate traces, Xen. to obliterate, tarnish oneʼs good name, Thuc., Plat.:—but in good sense, ἀφ. ἀγαθῶι κακόν to wipe out ill deeds by good, Thuc.; δύσκλειαν Thuc. to disfigure, ἀφ. τὰ πρόσωπα, of hypocritical sadness, NTest. to make away with property, Aeschin., Dem. Pass. to become unseen, to disappear, Hdt., Soph.; of persons buried by a sand-storm, Hdt.; or, lost at sea, Thuc., Xen.

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to make unseen, hide from sight

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ἀφανίζω ἀφανής to make unseen, hide from sight, Xen., Thuc., etc. to do away with, remove, ἄχος Soph.; ἀφ. τινὰ πόλεος to carry off one from the city, Eur.; ἀφ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών to disappear into the temple, Ar.:—of state criminals, to remove from sight, make away with, Hdt., Xen.: Pass. to be concealed or suppressed, Thuc. to destroy utterly, rase to the ground, erase writing, Thuc., Dem.: to obliterate traces, Xen. to obliterate, tarnish oneʼs good name, Thuc., Plat.:—but in good sense, ἀφ. ἀγαθῶι κακόν to wipe out ill deeds by good, Thuc.; δύσκλειαν Thuc. to disfigure, ἀφ. τὰ πρόσωπα, of hypocritical sadness, NTest. to make away with property, Aeschin., Dem. Pass. to become unseen, to disappear, Hdt., Soph.; of persons buried by a sand-storm, Hdt.; or, lost at sea, Thuc., Xen.
IDX:
5724
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n5727
Key:
a)fani/zw

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