ἄφωνος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[φωνή]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[voiceless]], [[dumb]], Thgn.669, Hdt.1.85, D.18.191; [[ῥήτωρ]] Antiph.196.14; κακὸν ἄ. Com.Adesp.8 D.; stronger than [[ἄναυδος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), Hp.Epid. 3.17.γ; εἴδωλα 1 Ep.Cor.12.2; [[unable to speak]], of a [[child]], Sapph.118: c.gen., ἄφωνον τῆσδε τῆς ἀρᾶς = [[unable]] to [[utter]] it, S.OC865. Adv. [[ἀφώνως]] ib.131 (lyr.): neuter plural as adverb, ἄφωνα σημανοῦσιν... ὡς... A.Pers.819.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[with a poor voice]], [[τραγῳδός]] D.T.631.21.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[intestate]], Tab.Heracl.1.151.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[ἄφωνα]] (sc. [[γράμμα]]τα, [[στοιχεῖον|στοιχεῖα]]) [[consonant]]s, ἄφωνα καὶ φωνοῦντα (fort. ἄφωνα [[φωνήεν]]τα) E.Fr.578.2; τοῖς ἄλλοις φωνήεσί τε καὶ ἄ. Pl.Cra.393e; τὸ σῖγμα τῶν ἀ. ἐστί Id.Tht.203b: but especially of [[mute]]s, τὰ ἄφθογγα καὶ ἄ. Id.Phlb.18c, cf. Cra.424c; opp. [[ἡμίφωνος|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.

|mdlsjtxt=[[φωνή]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[voiceless]], [[speechless]], [[dumb]], [[silent]], Theogn., Hdt., Dem.: c. gen., [[ἄφωνος]] ἀρᾶς [[unable]] to [[utter]] a [[curse]], Soph.:—adv. -νως, without [[speaking]], Dem.; neut. pl. as adv., Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> ἄφωνα (sc. γράμματα), [[consonants]], opp. to φωνοῦντα or φωνήεντα ([[vowels]]), Eur., Plat.