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|Full diacritics=ἀφᾰνής
|Medium diacritics=ἀφανής
|Low diacritics=αφανής
|Capitals=ΑΦΑΝΗΣ
|Transliteration A=aphanḗs
|Transliteration B=aphanēs
|Transliteration C=afanis
|Beta Code=a)fanh/s
|Definition=ές, (φαίνομαι) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">unseen</b>, esp. of the nether world, Ταρτάρου πυθμήν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>207</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>860</span> (lyr.); ἀ. κἀν Ἀΐδα δόμῳ φοιτάσῃς Sapph.68; <b class="b3">χάσμα ἀ</b>. a <b class="b2">blind</b> pit, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.76</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀ. θεός</b>, of Persephone, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1556</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὁ ἀ. πόλος</b>, i. e. the south pole, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>285b21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mu.</span>394b31</span> (but ἀ. κόσμος <b class="b2">starless</b>, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.6.22</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. γίγνεσθαι</b>, = [[ἀφανίζεσθαι]], <b class="b2">disappear</b>, ὑπὸ γῆν <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.104</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>757</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>360a</span>; so ἀ. ἦν <b class="b2">disappeared</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.4.7</span>; of soldiers <b class="b2">missing</b> after a battle, <span class="bibl">Th.2.34</span>; <b class="b2">runaway, absconded</b>, PGen.5.4(ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">στήλας ἀ. ποιῆσαι</b> <b class="b2">obliterate</b>, <span class="title">SIG</span>38.38 (Teos). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">unnoticed, secret</b>, ἀ. νόος ἀθανἁτων <span class="bibl">Sol.17</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. νεῦμα</b> a <b class="b2">secret</b> sign, <span class="bibl">Th.1.134</span>; ἀ. χωρίον <b class="b2">out of sight</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.4.29</span>, cf. ib.<span class="bibl">67</span>; ἀ. ξιφίδιον <b class="b2">concealed</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.8.69</span>; <b class="b3">δι' ἐπιστολῶν ἀφανῶν</b> <b class="b2">secret</b> or <b class="b2">invisible</b> writings, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>102.29</span>: c. part., <b class="b3">ἀ. εἶναι ἀπιόντες</b> depart <b class="b2">without being noticed</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.2.4</span>; ἀ. ὄντες ἠδίκουν <span class="bibl">Th.1.68</span>; <b class="b3">μαντικῇ χρώμενος οὐκ ἀ. ἦν</b> he was <b class="b2">well known to</b> do... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">uncertain, doubtful</b>, ἀ. νοῦσοι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.84</span>; <b class="b3">σὺν ἀφανεῖ λόγῳ</b> on an <b class="b2">uncertain</b> charge, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>657</span> (lyr.); ἐν ἀφανεῖ λ. <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.59</span>; μόρος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1682</span> (lyr.); ὄνομα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1322</span> (lyr.); ἐλπίς <span class="bibl">Th.5.103</span>; πρόφασις ἀφανεστάτη λόγῳ <span class="bibl">Id.1.23</span>; οὐκ ἀ. τεκμήρια <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Ages.</span>6.1</span>; <b class="b3">μεθέντας τἀφανῆ</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὸ πρὸς ποσί</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>131</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. χάρις</b> a favour <b class="b2">from an unknown hand</b>, <span class="bibl">D.19.240</span>; ἐς ἀφανὲς τὸν μῦθον ἀνενείκας <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.23</span>; μισῶ μὲν ὅστις τἀφανῆ περισκοπῶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>737</span>; τὰ ἀ. μεριμνᾶν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>672</span>; ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀ. φανεροῖς μαρτυρίοις χρῆσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">EN</span>1104a13</span>; of what is <b class="b2">beyond the evidence of sense</b>, opp. φανερόν, ἁρμονίη ἀ. φανερῆς κρείττων <span class="bibl">Heraclit.54</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span>1</span>, al.; τἀφανὲς διὰ τοῦ φαινομένου συλλογίζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>14.4</span>; τὸ τῆς τύχης ἀ. οἷ προβήσεται <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>785</span>; τὸ ἀ. τοῦ κατορθώσειν <span class="bibl">Th.2.42</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀφανεῖ ἔτι κεῖσθαι, ἐν τῷ ἀ. εἶναι</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.42</span>, <span class="bibl">3.23</span>; ἐν ἀ. κεκτῆσθαί τι <b class="b2">secretly</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 954e</span>; ἐκ τοῦ ἀφανοῦς <span class="bibl">Th.1.51</span>, <span class="bibl">4.96</span>, etc.; ἐξ ἀ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>57.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 1332</span>: neut. pl. as Adv., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1289</span> (lyr.). Regul.Adv. ἀφανῶς <span class="bibl">Th. 3.43</span>, etc.: Sup. -έστατα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of persons and things, <b class="b2">unnoticed, obscure</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1244</span>; also οὐ γὰρ ἀ. κρινεῖτε τὴν δίκην <span class="bibl">Th.3.57</span>; ἀ. καὶ ταπεινὴ φύσις <span class="bibl">D.61.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. οὐσία</b> <b class="b2">personal</b> property, as money, <b class="b2">which can be secreted and made away with</b> (cf. ἀφανίζω <span class="bibl">1.7</span>), opp. <b class="b3">φανερά</b> (<b class="b2">real</b>), as land, <span class="bibl">Lys.32.4</span>, cf. <span class="title">BCH</span>27.219 (Crete); opp. <b class="b3">ἐμφανής</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>12(2).15.8 (Mytil.), <span class="title">SIG</span>554.17; but simply, <b class="b2">concealed</b>, ἀφανῆ καταστῆσαι τὴν οὐσίαν <span class="bibl">Lys.20.23</span>: in lit. sense, ἀ. πλοῦτος <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ec.</span>602</span>; πλοῦτος ἀ. ὃν σὺ κατορύξας ἔχεις <span class="bibl">Men.128.16</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0407.png Seite 407]] ές, unsicher, dunkel, [[Τάρταρος]] Pind. frg. 223; [[χέρσος]] Aesch. Spt. 842; [[θεός]] Soph. O. C. 1553; [[μόρος]] 1679; λόγοι O. R. 657; verborgen, [[χάσμα]] Her. 6, 76; heimlich, [[λόγος]] [[ἀφανής]], der [[πρόνοια]] φανερά entgegengesetzt, Antipho 5, 59, wie [[οὐσία]] ἀφ. u. φανερά Lys. 32, 4, nach B. A. 468 ἡ ἐν χρήμασι καὶ σώμασι καὶ σκεύεσι; von einem Orte, dem [[καταφανής]] entgegengesetzt, Xen. Cyr. 3, 3, 28, wie dem [[ἐμφανής]] Men. Stob. Flor. 16, 13; ἐν ἀφανεῖ κεῖται, es ist noch verborgen, ungewiß, Thuc. 1, 42; τὸ ἀφανὲς τοῦ κατορθώσειν, die Unsicherheit des Erfolgs, 2, 42; [[ἐλπίς]], unsichere Hoffnung, 5, 103; unbemerkt, Xen. Cyr. 5, 2, 32; vermißt, Thuc. 2, 43; verschwunden, fortgegangen, Xen. An. 1, 4, 7; mit partic., ᾤοντο ἀφανεῖς εἶναι ἀπιόντες, sie glaubten unbemerkt fortzugehen, 4, 2, 4; οὐκ [[ἀφανής]] εἰμι ποιῶν τι, = [[φανερός]], Mem. 1, 1, 2; ποιῶ τι ἀφανὴς ὤν Thuc. 1, 68. – Adv. ἀφανῶς, auch ἐκ τοῦ ἀφανοῦς, heimlich, Thuc. 4, 96; ἐν ἀφανεῖ Plat. Legg. XII, 954 d. – Auch unberühmt, unangesehen, Eur. Tr. 1322; Thuc. 3, 57; καὶ ταπεινὴ [[φύσις]] Dem. 61, 35; Sp.
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|lstext='''ἀφανής''': -ές, (φαίνομαι, φανῆναι) μὴ φαινόμενος, [[ἀόρατος]], ἀθέατος, Λατ. caecus, ιδίως ἐπὶ τοῦ [[κάτω]] κόσμου, [[Τάρταρος]] Πινδ. Ἀποσπ. 223, πρβλ. Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 860· οὕτω, [[χάσμα]] ἀφανές, μὴ ὁρώμενον, Ἡρόδ. 6. 76· ἡ ἀφ. [[θεός]], ἐπί τῆς Περσεφόνης, Σοφ. Ο.Κ. 1556· ὁ ἀφ. [[πόλος]], δηλ. ὁ [[νότιος]], Ἀριστ. π. Οὐρ. 2. 2, 15, π. Κόσμ. 4. 14· περὶ τοῦ ἐν Θουκ. 4. 67, ἴδε φυλακὴ Ι. 1. 2) ἀφ. γίγνεσθαι, ἀφανίζεσθαι, ἐξαφανίζεσθαι, Ἡρόδ. 3. 104, Εὐρ. Ι. Τ. 757, Πλάτ. Πόλ. 359Ε· οὕτω, ἀφ. ἧν, ἐξηφανίσθη, Ἡρόδ. 7. 37, πρβλ. Ξεν. Ἀν. 1. 4, 7· ἐπί στρατιωτῶν μὴ ἀνευρισκομένων [[μετὰ]] τὴν μάχην, Θουκ. 2. 34. 3) [[ἀόρατος]], κεκρυμμένος, [[ἀκατάληπτος]], ἀφ. [[νόος]] ἀθανάτων Σόλων 10· ἀφ. [[νεῦμα]], κρυπτόν, μυστικὸν σημειον, Θουκ. 1. 134· ἀφ. [[χωρίον]], ὅ δὲν δύναταί τις νὰ ἴδῃ ,ὁ αὐτ. 4.29· ἀφ. [[ξιφίδιον]], κεκρυμμένον, ὁ αὐτ. 8.69· [[μετὰ]] μετοχ., ἀφ. εἰμι ποιῶν τι, [[πράττω]] τι [[χωρίς]] νά με ἴδῃ τις, Ξεν. Ἀν. 4. 2, 4· ἀλλ’ [[ὡσαύτως]], ἀφ. ὤν ποιῶ τι Θουκ. 1. 68· μαντικῇ χρώμενος οὐκ ἀφανὴς ἦν, ἦτο [[πασίγνωστος]] ὅτι, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 1. 1, 2. β) ὁ [[ἄγνωστος]], [[ἀβέβαιος]], [[ἀμφίβολος]], [[σκοτεινός]], [[ἀσαφής]], ἀφ. [[νόσος]] Ἡρόδ. 2. 84· σὺν ἀφανεῖ λόγῳ, ἐπί κατηγορίᾳ μὴ φανερᾷ, μὴ βεβαίᾳ, Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 657· ἐν ἀφανεῖ λ. Ἀντιφῶν 136. 18· [[μόρος]] Σοφ. Ο. Κ. 1683· [[ὄνομα]] Εὐρ. Τρῳ. 1322· [[ἐλπίς]] Θουκ.5. 103· [[πρόφασις]] ἀφανεστάτῃ λόγῳ ὁ αὐτ. 1. 23· οὐκ ἀφ. τεκμήρια Ξεν. Ἀγησ. 6. 1· μεθέντας τἀφανῆ, ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τά [[πρός]] ποσίν, Σοφ. Ο. Τ. 131, πρβλ. [[ἑτοῖμος]] Ι. 2, ἐν τέλει· ἀφ. [[χάρις]], [[χάρις]] παρ’ ἀγνώστου προσώπου, Δημ. 416, 4· ἰδίως ἐπί μελλόντων πραγμάτων, τὸ ἀφανές, ἡ [[ἀβεβαιότης]], Ἡρόδ. 2. 23· μισῶ μὲν [[ὅστις]] τἀφανῆ περισκοπεῖ Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 770· τά ἀφανῆ μεριμνᾶν Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. Ἄδηλ. 61, Meineke· [[ὑπὲρ]] τῶν ἀφανῶν φανεροῖς μαρτυρίοις χρῆσθαι Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 2. 2, 6· τό τῆς τύχης ἀφ. Εὐρ. Ἄλκ. 785· τό ἀφ. τοῦ κατορθώσειν Θουκ. 2. 42· ἐν ἀφανεῖ κεῖσθαι, ἐν τῷ ἀφανεῖ [[εἶναι]] ὁ αὐτ. 1.42, κτλ.· ἐν ἀφ. κεκτῆσθαί τι, κρυφίως, μυστικῶς, Πλάτ. Νόμ. 954D· [[οὕτως]], ἐκ τοῦ ἀφανοῦς Θουκ. 1. 51., 4. 96, κτλ.· καὶ ἐξ ἀφανοῦς Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπ. 55· ἀλλ’ [[ὡσαύτως]] οὐδ. πληθ. ἀφανῆ, ὡς ἐπίρρ., Εὐρ. Ἱππ. 1289· καὶ κανονικὸν ἐπίρρ. ἀφανῶς Θουκ. 3. 43, κτλ.· ὑπερθ. ἀφανέστατα Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 5. 1, 27. 4) ἐπί προσώπων, [[ἀπαρατήρητος]], ἄσημος, Εὐρ. Τρω. 1244, 1322, Θουκ. 3. 57. 5) ἀφανὴς [[οὐσία]], κινητὴ [[περιουσία]], [[οἷον]] χρήματα, τὰ ὁποῖα δύναταί τις νὰ καταστήσῃ ἀφανῆ (πρβλ. [[ἀφανίζω]] Ι. 7), κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν πρὸς τὰ φανερὰ ([[ἀκίνητος]] [[περιουσία]]), [[οἷον]] εἰς κτήματα, Λυσ. Ἀποσπ. 47· ἀφανῆ καταστῆσαι τὴν οὐσίαν, μετατρέψαι αὐτὴν εἰς χρήματα, ὁ αὐτ. 160. 8· [[οὕτως]], ἀφ. [[πλοῦτος]], ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὸ γῆ Ἀριστοφ. Ἐκκλ. 602· ἀλλ’ ἐν κυριολεκτικῇ σημαασίᾳ [[πλοῦτος]] ἀφ. ὃν σὺ κατορύξας ἔχεις Μένανδ. ἐν «Δυσκόλῳ» 2. 16.
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