φθέγγεσθαι
From LSJ
τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also φθέγγομαι): articulate, utter, break silence, cry out, give utterance to, pipe of birds, sound of a trumpet, squeak of animals
Lexicon Thucydideum
edere vocem, to utter a cry, 7.70.6, 7.71.4.
