ἀφανής

English (LSJ)

ές, (φαίνομαι)

   A unseen, esp. of the nether world, Ταρτάρου πυθμήν Pi.Fr.207, cf. A.Th.860 (lyr.); ἀ. κἀν Ἀΐδα δόμῳ φοιτάσῃς Sapph.68; χάσμα ἀ. a blind pit, Hdt.6.76; ἡ ἀ. θεός, of Persephone, S.OC1556 (lyr.); ὁ ἀ. πόλος, i. e. the south pole, Arist.Cael.285b21, Mu.394b31 (but ἀ. κόσμος starless, Vett.Val.6.22).    2 ἀ. γίγνεσθαι, = ἀφανίζεσθαι, disappear, ὑπὸ γῆν Hdt.3.104, cf. E.IT757, Pl.R.360a; so ἀ. ἦν disappeared, Hdt.7.37, cf. X.An.1.4.7; of soldiers missing after a battle, Th.2.34; runaway, absconded, PGen.5.4(ii A. D.).    b στήλας ἀ. ποιῆσαι obliterate, SIG38.38 (Teos).    3 unnoticed, secret, ἀ. νόος ἀθανἁτων Sol.17; ἀ. νεῦμα a secret sign, Th.1.134; ἀ. χωρίον out of sight, Id.4.29, cf. ib.67; ἀ. ξιφίδιον concealed, Id.8.69; δι' ἐπιστολῶν ἀφανῶν secret or invisible writings, Ph.Bel.102.29: c. part., ἀ. εἶναι ἀπιόντες depart without being noticed, X.An.4.2.4; ἀ. ὄντες ἠδίκουν Th.1.68; μαντικῇ χρώμενος οὐκ ἀ. ἦν he was well known to do... X.Mem.1.1.2.    b uncertain, doubtful, ἀ. νοῦσοι Hdt.2.84; σὺν ἀφανεῖ λόγῳ on an uncertain charge, S.OT657 (lyr.); ἐν ἀφανεῖ λ. Antipho 5.59; μόρος S.OC1682 (lyr.); ὄνομα E.Tr.1322 (lyr.); ἐλπίς Th.5.103; πρόφασις ἀφανεστάτη λόγῳ Id.1.23; οὐκ ἀ. τεκμήρια X. Ages.6.1; μεθέντας τἀφανῆ, opp. τὸ πρὸς ποσί, S.OT131; ἀ. χάρις a favour from an unknown hand, D.19.240; ἐς ἀφανὲς τὸν μῦθον ἀνενείκας Hdt.2.23; μισῶ μὲν ὅστις τἀφανῆ περισκοπῶν S.Fr.737; τὰ ἀ. μεριμνᾶν Ar.Fr.672; ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀ. φανεροῖς μαρτυρίοις χρῆσθαι Arist. EN1104a13; of what is beyond the evidence of sense, opp. φανερόν, ἁρμονίη ἀ. φανερῆς κρείττων Heraclit.54, cf. Phld.Sign.1, al.; τἀφανὲς διὰ τοῦ φαινομένου συλλογίζεσθαι Epicur.Nat.14.4; τὸ τῆς τύχης ἀ. οἷ προβήσεται E.Alc.785; τὸ ἀ. τοῦ κατορθώσειν Th.2.42; ἐν ἀφανεῖ ἔτι κεῖσθαι, ἐν τῷ ἀ. εἶναι, Id.1.42, 3.23; ἐν ἀ. κεκτῆσθαί τι secretly, Pl.Lg. 954e; ἐκ τοῦ ἀφανοῦς Th.1.51, 4.96, etc.; ἐξ ἀ. A.Fr.57.9, Ar.Ra. 1332: neut. pl. as Adv., E.Hipp.1289 (lyr.). Regul.Adv. ἀφανῶς Th. 3.43, etc.: Sup. -έστατα X.HG5.1.27.    4 of persons and things, unnoticed, obscure, E.Tr.1244; also οὐ γὰρ ἀ. κρινεῖτε τὴν δίκην Th.3.57; ἀ. καὶ ταπεινὴ φύσις D.61.35.    5 ἀ. οὐσία personal property, as money, which can be secreted and made away with (cf. ἀφανίζω 1.7), opp. φανερά (real), as land, Lys.32.4, cf. BCH27.219 (Crete); opp. ἐμφανής, IG12(2).15.8 (Mytil.), SIG554.17; but simply, concealed, ἀφανῆ καταστῆσαι τὴν οὐσίαν Lys.20.23: in lit. sense, ἀ. πλοῦτος Ar. Ec.602; πλοῦτος ἀ. ὃν σὺ κατορύξας ἔχεις Men.128.16.

German (Pape)

[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.