ἀφανής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀφανές, ([[φαίνομαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[unseen]], especially of the [[nether world]], Ταρτάρου πυθμήν Pi.''Fr.''207, cf. A.''Th.''860 (lyr.); ἀ. κἀν Ἀΐδα δόμῳ φοιτάσῃς Sapph.68; <b class="b3">χάσμα ἀφανές</b> a [[blind]] [[pit]], Hdt.6.76; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀφανὴς θεός</b>, of [[Persephone]], S.''OC''1556 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὁ ἀφανὴς πόλος</b>, i.e. the [[south]] [[pole]], Arist.''Cael.''285b21, ''Mu.''394b31 (but ἀφανὴς [[κόσμος]] = [[starless]], Vett.Val.6.22).<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀφανὴς γίγνεσθαι</b>, = [[ἀφανίζεσθαι]], [[disappear]], ὑπὸ γῆν Hdt.3.104, cf. E.''IT''757, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 360a; so ἀφανὴς ἦν [[disappeared]], Hdt.7.37, cf. X.''An.''1.4.7; of [[soldier]]s [[missing]] after a [[battle]], Th.2.34; [[runaway]], [[absconded]], PGen.5.4(ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">στήλας ἀ. ποιῆσαι</b> [[obliterate]], ''SIG''38.38 (Teos).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[unnoticed]], [[secret]], ἀφανὴς νόος ἀθανἁτων Sol.17; <b class="b3">ἀφανὲς νεῦμα</b> a [[secret]] [[sign]], Th.1.134; ἀφανὲς [[χωρίον]] = [[out of sight]], Id.4.29, cf. ib.67; ἀ. [[ξιφίδιον]] = [[concealed]], Id.8.69; <b class="b3">δι' ἐπιστολῶν ἀφανῶν</b> [[secret]] or [[invisible]] [[writing]]s, Ph.''Bel.''102.29: c. part., <b class="b3">ἀφανεῖς εἶναι ἀπιόντες</b> = [[depart]] [[without being noticed]], X.''An.''4.2.4; ἀφανεῖς που ὄντες ἠδίκουν Th.1.68; <b class="b3">μαντικῇ χρώμενος οὐκ ἀ. ἦν</b> he was [[well known to]] do... [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.1.2.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[uncertain]], [[doubtful]], ἀφανεῖς νοῦσοι Hdt.2.84; <b class="b3">σὺν ἀφανεῖ λόγῳ</b> on an [[uncertain]] [[charge]], S.''OT''657 (lyr.); ἐν ἀφανεῖ λ. Antipho 5.59; [[μόρος]] S.''OC''1682 (lyr.); [[ὄνομα]] E.''Tr.''1322 (lyr.); [[ἐλπίς]] Th.5.103; [[πρόφασις]] ἀφανεστάτη λόγῳ Id.1.23; οὐκ ἀ. τεκμήρια X. ''Ages.''6.1; <b class="b3">μεθέντας τἀφανῆ</b>, opp. <b class="b3">τὸ πρὸς ποσί</b>, S.''OT''131; <b class="b3">ἀφανὴς χάρις</b> a [[favour]] [[from an unknown hand]], D.19.240; ἐς ἀφανὲς τὸν μῦθον ἀνενείκας Hdt.2.23; μισῶ μὲν ὅστις τἀφανῆ περισκοπῶν S.''Fr.''737; τὰ ἀ. [[μεριμνᾶν]] Ar.''Fr.''672; ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀ. φανεροῖς μαρτυρίοις χρῆσθαι [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1104a13; of what is [[beyond the evidence of sense]], opp. φανερόν, ἁρμονίη ἀ. φανερῆς κρείττων Heraclit.54, cf. Phld.''Sign.''1, al.; τἀφανὲς διὰ τοῦ φαινομένου [[συλλογίζεσθαι]] Epicur.''Nat.''14.4; τὸ τῆς τύχης ἀ. οἷ προβήσεται E.''Alc.''785; τὸ ἀφανὲς τοῦ κατορθώσειν Th.2.42; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀφανεῖ ἔτι κεῖσθαι, ἐν τῷ ἀφανεῖ εἶναι</b>, Id.1.42, 3.23; ἐν ἀ. κεκτῆσθαί τι [[secretly]], Pl.''Lg.'' 954e; ἐκ τοῦ ἀφανοῦς Th.1.51, 4.96, etc.; ἐξ ἀ. A.''Fr.''57.9, Ar.''Ra.'' 1332: neuter plural as adverb, E.''Hipp.''1289 (lyr.). Regul.Adv. [[ἀφανῶς]] Th. 3.43, etc.: Sup. ἀφανέστατα X.''HG''5.1.27.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of persons and things, [[unnoticed]], [[obscure]], E.''Tr.''1244; also οὐ γὰρ ἀ. κρινεῖτε τὴν δίκην Th.3.57; ἀφανὴς καὶ ταπεινὴ [[φύσις]] D.61.35.<br><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἀφανὴς οὐσία</b> [[personal]] [[property]], as [[money]], [[which can be secreted and made away with]] (cf. [[ἀφανίζω]] 1.7), opp. [[φανερά]] ([[real]]), as land, Lys.32.4, cf. ''BCH''27.219 (Crete); opp. [[ἐμφανής]], ''IG''12(2).15.8 (Mytil.), ''SIG''554.17; but simply, [[concealed]], ἀφανῆ καταστῆσαι τὴν οὐσίαν Lys.20.23: in lit. sense, ἀφανὴς [[πλοῦτος]] Ar. ''Ec.''602; [[πλοῦτος]] ἀφανὴς ὃν σὺ κατορύξας ἔχεις Men.128.16.