ἀφανής: Difference between revisions

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|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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