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ἀφανής

Third declension Adjective;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: ἀφανη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

unseen, invisible, viewless, blind
to disappear, be missing, missing
unseen, unnoticed, secret, without being noticed
unknown, uncertain, obscure, uncertainty
unnoticed, obscure
personal, which can be made away with, (real)

	M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἀφανής	ά̓φανες
Genitive	ἀφανούς	ἀφάνους
Dative	ἀφανεί	ἀφάνει
Accusative	ἀφανή	ά̓φανες
Vocative	ἀφανές	ά̓φανες
Dual	N/A/V	ἀφανεί	ἀφάνει
G/D	ἀφανοίν	ἀφάνοιν
Plural	Nominative	ἀφανείς	ἀφάνη
Genitive	ἀφανών	ἀφάνων
Dative	ἀφανέσιν*	ἀφάνεσιν*
Accusative	ἀφανείς	ἀφάνη
Vocative	ἀφανείς	ἀφάνη

M/F

Neuter

Singular

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Vocative

Dual

N/A/V

G/D

Plural

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Vocative

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἀφανής ἀφανούς	ἀφανέστερος ἀφανεστέρου	ἀφανέστατος ἀφανεστάτου
Adverb	ἀφανέως	ἀφανέστερον	ἀφανέστατα

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

Adjective

ἀφανής ἀφανούς

ἀφανέστερος ἀφανεστέρου

ἀφανέστατος ἀφανεστάτου

Adverb

ἀφανέως

ἀφανέστερον

ἀφανέστατα

Examples

μὴ οὖν οἰέσθε τὸν μὲν Ἄρη, θεὸν ὄντα καὶ ἰσχυρόν, οὕτωσ ὑπὸ λεπτῶν τε καὶ ἀοράτων πεδηθῆναι δεσμῶν, αὑτοὺσ δέ, πάντων θηρίων ἀσθενεστάτουσ ὄντασ, μὴ ἄν ποτε ἁλῶναι δεσμοῖσ ἀφανέσιν, ἀλλ̓ εἰ μὴ σιδήρου τε καὶ ὀρειχάλκου πεποιημένα εἰή. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 14:1)
καὶ ἐγὼ τότε πρῶτον ἐμαυτὸν ἡγησάμην ἰσόπαλον εἶναι τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ, οὐ τοῖσδε τοῖσ φανεροῖσ, ὡσ οἰέται Καῖσαρ, ἀλλὰ τοῖσ πλέοσί τε καὶ δυνατωτέροισ καὶ ἀφανέσιν ἔτι εἶναι θέλουσι. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 3, chapter 5 7:5)
ὁπόσαισ δὲ μὴ καθέστηκεν ὁ χρόνοσ αἴτιοσ ἀφανέσιν εἶναι, Διομήδησ ἦν, ὁ μὲν ἐν Λήμνῳ τὸ Φιλοκτήτου τόξον, ὁ δὲ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν ἀφαιρούμενοσ ἐξ Ἰλίου. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 22 10:2)

Synonyms

unseen
- ἀδερκής (unseen, invisible)
- ἀόρατος (unseen, invisible)
- ἀθέατος (unseen, invisible)
- ἄσκοπος (unseen, invisible)
unknown
- μαυρός (unknown, uncertain, obscure)
- ἀμαυρός (unknown, uncertain, obscure)
- ἄδηλος (it is uncertain, unknown, uncertain)
- ἄσημος (of no mark, unknown, obscure)
unnoticed
- ἄφαντος (obscure)
- ἀλαμπής (obscure)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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ἀφανής

Sense

Declension

Examples

Synonyms

unseen

unknown

unnoticed

Similar forms

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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