φωνήεις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εσσα, εν, contr. φωνῆς, ῆντος Cratin. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>11.1212.13</span>, cf. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.618</span>; Aeol. and Dor. φωνάεις <b class="b3">[ᾱ</b>], also in later Prose, as Zeno Stoic.1.41, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Sull.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.100</span>, etc.; contr. in plural [[φωνᾶντα]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.85</span>:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[endowed with speech]], [[vocal]], ζῴοισιν ἐοικόταφωνήεσσιν <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>584</span>; τοῦτο γὰρ ἀθάνατον φωνᾶεν ἕρπει <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).40(58)</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 440</span>; [[βέλη]] (i.e. [[ἔπη]]) φωνᾶντα συνετοῖσι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.85</span>; φ. θέατρα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 701a</span>; [[ὄχλος]] Plu.l.c.; φ. ζῷα [[endowed with speech]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.7.13</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ζῷα ψοφητικά</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>488a32</span>; [[epithet]] of certain signs of the Zodiac, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.10.19</span>, <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>1.166; <b class="b3">τὸ φωνᾶεν</b> the [[power of speech]], Zeno [[l.c.]] </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[musical]], of the lyre, Sapph.45. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of a song, [[sounding]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[clear]], λόγος <span class="bibl">B.14.31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">τὰ φωνήεντα</b> (φωνάοντα <span class="title">Mélanges Beyrouth</span> 15.71 (Syria, gem)) [[vowels]], τοῖς ἄλλοις φωνήεσί τε καὶ ἀφώνοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>393e</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>22.2783.4,17, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.163 S., etc.; in full, τὰ φ. γράμματα <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.31.30</span>; στοιχεῖα φ. <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.100</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[consisting of vowels only]], of a spell, <span class="title">PMag.Par.</span>1.2634.</span>