φθέγγομαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bibl">Od.10.228</span>, etc.: fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> φθέγξομαι <span class="bibl">Il.21.341</span>: aor. [[ἐφθεγξάμην]], Ep. and poet. φθεγξάμην <span class="bibl">18.218</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.14</span>: pf. [[ἔφθεγμαι]], 2sg. ἔφθεγξαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>830c</span>, 3sg. ἔφθεγκται (trans.) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span>77a2</span>, (Pass.) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cael.</span>279a23</span>: —[[utter a sound]] or [[voice]], esp. [[speak loud and clear]], freq. in Hom., φθεγξάμενος παρὰ νηός <span class="bibl">Il.11.603</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.67</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>336b</span> (properly of all animals that have lungs, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>535a30</span>): </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of the human voice, ἀνθρωπηΐῃ φωνῇ φ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.57</span>; ἀπὸ γλώσσας Pi. l.c.; διὰ τοῦ στόματος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>238b</span>; [ψυχῆς] φθεγξαμένης ἀΐων <span class="bibl">Xenoph.7.5</span>; φθεγξαμένου τευ ἢ αὐδήσαντος <span class="bibl">Od.9.497</span>; with a part. expressing the kind of cry, φθέγξομ' ἐγὼν ἰάχουσα <span class="bibl">Il. 21.341</span>; τοὶ δ' ἐφθέγγοντο καλεῦντες <span class="bibl">Od.10.229</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">12.249</span>; so σφοδρῷ τῷ πνεύματι φ. <span class="bibl">Archyt.1</span>; φ. μετὰ βοῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>791e</span>, etc.; μέγιστον ἁπάντων <span class="bibl">D.19.206</span>; <b class="b3">καλὸν καὶ μέγα</b> ib.216, cf. 337; ἐλεύθερον καὶ μέγα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>485e</span>; also of weak, small voice, φθεγξάμενος ὀλίγῃ ὀπί <span class="bibl">Od.14.492</span>; τυτθὸν φθεγξαμένη <span class="bibl">Il.24.170</span>; of the battle-cry, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 1.8.18</span>; of the recitative of the chorus, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Oec.</span>8.3</span>; οὐκέτι πόρρω διθυράμβων φ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>238d</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδ' ἂν φθέγξασθαι δυνηθείη</b> would not be able to [[utter a syllable]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.192</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>368c</span>; opp. silence, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.2.6</span>; <b class="b3">εἶτα σὺ φθέγγει</b> . .; <b class="b2">open your mouth . . ?</b> <span class="bibl">D.18.283</span>; of children just born, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>587a27</span>:—Constr.:—c. acc. cogn., [[utter]], ἔπος <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.106</span>; ἀγέλαστα <span class="bibl">Heraclit.92</span>; ὀδυρμοὺς καὶ γόους ἀνωφελεῖς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>34</span>; καίρια <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>862</span> (lyr.); [[ἀράς]], [[λόγους]], [[βλασφημίαν]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>475</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Med.</span>1307</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span> 1189</span>; ῥῆμα μοχθηρόν <span class="title">SIG</span>1175.19 (Piraeus, Tab. Defix., iv/iii B. C.); τἀληθῆ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>49b</span>; ὑπέρογκα ματαιότητος φ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Pet.</span>2.18</span>: the pers. addressed added with a Prep., φ. εἰς ἡμᾶς E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>l.c.; πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ion</span>534d</span>; later [[τισί]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Crass.</span>27</span>; φ. τι περί τινος <span class="bibl">Isoc.10.13</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ φθεγγόμενον</b>, abs., that [[which uttered the sound]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.65</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of animals, as a horse, [[neigh]], [[whinny]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.84</span>,<span class="bibl">85</span>; of an eagle, [[scream]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.1.23</span>; of a raven, [[croak]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>16</span>; of a fawn, [[cry]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.13.62</span>; of birds, opp. <b class="b3">ἄφωνοί εἰσι</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>618a5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ θέρει ᾄδει [κόττυφος], τοῦ χειμῶνος . . φ. θορυβῶδες</b> ib.<span class="bibl">632b17</span>; of worms, φ. οἷον τριγμόν <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">CP</span>5.10.5</span>; of certain fish, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>300</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.135</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of inanimate things, of a door, [[creak]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1099</span>; of thunder, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 7.1.3</span>; of trumpets, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>4.2.7</span>, <span class="bibl">5.2.14</span>; of the flute, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>6.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.532</span>; of the lyre, φόρμιγξ φ. ἱρὸν μέλος <span class="bibl">Id.761</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Metaph.</span>1019b15</span>; of an earthen pot, <b class="b3">εἴτε ὑγιὲς εἴτε σαθρὸν φ</b>. whether it [[rings]] sound or cracked, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>179d</span>; <b class="b3">φ. παλάμῃσι</b> [[to clap]] with the hands, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>5.106</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>9.505.17 (dub.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[ὀνομάζω]], [[to name]], [[call by name]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>527a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phlb.</span>25c</span>, <span class="bibl">34a</span>; <b class="b3">τῷ πλέγματι τούτῳ τὸ ὄνομα ἐφθεγξάμεθα λόγον</b> [[gave]] it the name of [[λόγος]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>262d</span>; <b class="b3">φ. εἴδωλον ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ὡς ἓν ὄν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">240a</span>; <b class="b3">φ. γιγνόμενα</b> [[speak of]] things as coming into existence, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>157b</span>; <b class="b3">καὶ τὸν κύλλαστιν φθέγγου</b> [[use the word]] [[κ]]., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>257</span>; also <b class="b3">τῇ δυνάμει ταὐτὸν φ</b>. [[have]] the same [[meaning]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>394c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> c. acc. pers., [[sing]], or [[celebrate]] one [[aloud]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.36</span>; also, [[tell of]], [[recount]], θεῶν ἔργα <span class="bibl">Xenoph.12.1</span>.</span>