ἄφωνος
Ἡ βουλὴ καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτίμησεν... → The Council and the People honored... (inscription in the Roman city of Aizonai)
English (LSJ)
ον, (φωνή)
A voiceless, dumb, Thgn.669, Hdt.1.85, D.18.191; ῥήτωρ Antiph.196.14; κακὸν ἄ. Com.Adesp.8 D.; stronger than ἄναυδος (q.v.), Hp.Epid. 3.17.γ; εἴδωλα 1 Ep.Cor.12.2; unable to speak, of a child, Sapph.118: c.gen., ἄ. τῆσδε τῆς ἀρᾶς unable to utter it, S.OC865. Adv.-νωςib.131 (lyr.): neut. pl. as Adv., ἄφωνα σημανοῦσιν . . ὡς . . A.Pers.819. 2 with a poor voice, τραγῳδός D.T.631.21. 3 intestate, Tab.Heracl.1.151. 4 ἄφωνα (sc. γράμματα, στοιχεῖα) consonants, ἄ. καὶ φωνοῦντα (fort. ἄ. φωνήεντα) E.Fr.578.2; τοῖς ἄλλοις φωνήεσί τε καὶ ἄ. Pl.Cra.393e; τὸ σῖγμα τῶν ἀ. ἐστί Id.Tht.203b: but esp. of mutes, τὰ ἄφθογγα καὶ ἄ. Id.Phlb.18c, cf. Cra.424c; opp. ἡμίφωνα, Arist. Po.1456b28, cf. Phld.Po.2.16, Herc.994.28, D.H.Comp.14, D.T.631.20, S.E.M.1.102.
German (Pape)
[Seite 416] (φωνή), 1) sprachlos, stumm, Pind. P. 9, 101; Aesch. P. 815 u. Folgde; auch in Prosa von Her. 1, 85 an nicht selten. In tabula Heracl. = ohne Testament. – 2) τὰ ἄφωνα, sc. γράμματα, die stummen Buchstaben, Consonanten, Plat. Theaet. 203 b; den φωνήεντα, Vocalen entgeggstzt Crat. 893 d. – Adv. ἀφώνως, stumm, Soph. O. C. 131.
