ἀφάνεια

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A obscurity, uncertainty, τύχας Pi.I.4(3).49: metaph., ἀξιώματος ἀ. want of illustrious birth or rank, Th.2.37.    2 invisibility, Dam. Pr.6.    II disappearance, destruction, A.Ag.384 (lyr.), Procl. in Prm.p.840S.—The form ἀφανία is mentioned by A.D.Synt.341.8.

German (Pape)

[Seite 407] ἡ, Unsichtbarkeit, dah. a) Ungewißheit, τύχας Pind. I. 3, 49. – b) Untergang, Verderben, Aesch. Ag. 375. – c) ἀξιώματος, Mangel an Ansehen, thuc. 2, 37.