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