ἀφανίζω

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Att. fut.

   A -ῐῶ X.An.3.2.11, Pl.Tht.184a: pf. ἠφάνικα D.36.18:—make unseen, hide, νεφέλη . . ἠφάνισεν ἥλιον X.An.3.4.8; hush up, ἔργον Pl.Smp. 217e: hence, lose sight of, Eub.107.18; ἀ. τὸ συμφορώτατον do away with, reject, Hp.VM21 (v.l. for ἀφαιρέοντας); make away with a person, Hdt.3.126, X.Mem.1.2.53, Th.4.80; μή μ' ἀφανίσῃ λαβών Men. Epit.210:—Pass., τὴν γνώμην μηδὲν . . ἀφανισθεῖσαν in no part concealed or suppressed, Th.7.8.    2 do away with, remove, ἄχος S. OC1712 (lyr.); τινὰ πόλεος carry one off from the city, E.Ph.1041 (lyr.); Μούσας ἀ. Ar.Nu.972; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών disappear into the temple, Id.Pl.741.    3 destroy, Ἀθήνας X.An.3.2.11, cf. Plb.1.81.6, LXXDe.7.2; ὅλως ἀ. ἱερά D.21.147, cf. Epigr.Gr.376.8 (Aezani).    4 obliterate writing, Th.6.54; footsteps, X.Cyn.5.3, etc.; traces of bloodshed, Antipho 5.45; spirit away a witness, ib.52; get rid of, δίκην Ar.Nu.760.    5 secrete, steal, X.Oec.14.2.    6 obscure, mar one's good name, etc., πατρικὰς ἀρετάς, ἀξίωσιν, δόξαν, Th.7.69, 2.61: in good sense, ἀ. ἀγαθῷ κακόν wipe out ill deeds by good, ib.42; δύσκλειαν Id.3.58; τὰ χρώματα ἀ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, of the wasting effect of grief, Antiph.98; τρίχα βαφῇ ἀ. disguise it by dyeing, Ael.VH7.20; ἀ. τὰ πρόσωπα (cf. ἀπρόσωπος), of artificial disfigurement, Ev.Matt.6.16, cf. LXXJl.2.20, Za.7.14.    b spoil, οἶνον, ὕδωρ, Sor.1.90, Gal.9.645.    7 make away with property, etc., ἀργύριον, ναυτικόν, ἀνθρώπους, Aeschin. 1.101, 3.222, D.28.12; ἀ. τὴν οὐσίαν Aeschin.1.103; but, conceal the existence of, ἐργαστήριον, οὐσίαν, D.27.26,44.    8 drain a cup of wine, Eub.82.    9 ἀφανίσαι· σκεπάσαι, προνομεῦσαι, Hsch.    II Pass., disappear, be missing, Hdt.4.8,124, S.Ant.255; of persons buried by a sand-storm, Hdt.3.26; or lost at sea, Th.8.38, X.HG1.6.33; ἀ. κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης, of islands, Hdt.7.6; ὑποβρύχιος ἠφ. Plu.Crass.19; ἀ. ἐκ τῶν Θρηίκων Hdt.4.95; ἐξ ἀνθρώπων Lys.2.11; ἀ. εἰς ὕλην disappear into it, X.Cyn.10.23; καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη was laughed down and disappeared, Th.3.83.    2 live retired, X.Ages.9.1.

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[Seite 407] unsichtbar machen, νεφέλη ἥλιον Xen. An. 3, 4, 8, nach Brodäus Emend., s. Krüger; den Augen entziehen, ἀφανίζοντες κρύπτομεν Plat. Phil. 66 a; vgl. Eur. I. T. 764; τὸ σῶμα ἐξενέγκαντες ἀφανίσουσι Xen. Mem. 1, 2, 53; vgl. Her. 3, 126; entwenden, Xen. Oec. 14, 2; verheimlichen, ὅ τι νοεῖ Plat. Crat. 418 b; vertilgen, zerstören, τὸ γένος Conv. 190 c; ἐλαίαν, σηκόν, Lys. 7, 2; ἀργύριον, οὐσίαν, Aesch. 1, 101. 103; Ἀθήνας Xen. An. 3, 2, 11. Häufiger im pass., νῆσοι κατὰ τῆς θαλάττης ἀφανίζονται, gehen unter, Her. 7, 6; κατακαυθεὶς ἠφανίσθη, er verschwand, 7, 167; oft bei Plat. u. Folgdn, ὑπὲρ τοὺς τῆς χώρας ὅρους ἀφανισθείς, über die Grenze gebracht, Plat. Legg. IX, 855 a; Philostr. Imagg. 1. 26 steigert οὐχ ὡς ἀπόλοιντο, ἀλλ' ὡς ἀφανισθεῖεν εἰς μίαν ἡμέραν.