ἀφάνεια
αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀφάνεια: ἡ, τὸ οὐσιαστ. τοῦ ἀφανής, τὸ μὴ φαίνεσθαι, σκότος, ἀσάφεια, Πινδ. Ι. 4. 52 (3.49)· μεταφ., ἀξιώματος ἀφ., ἔλλειψις ἐνδόξου καταγωγῆς ἤ βαθμοῦ, Θουκ. 2.37. ΙΙ.ἐξαφάνισις. παντελὴς ὄλεθρος, ἀπώλεια, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 384· - ὁ τύπος ἀφανία μνημονεύεται ὑπὸ Ἀπολλων. ἐν τῷ π. Συντάξ. σ. 341.
