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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

καὶ συνήχθησαν πάντεσ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἐλθεῖν παρατάξασθαι ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ποιῆσαι αὐτὴν ἀφανῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 4:2)
ἀφανῆ γὰρ ἄμφω καὶ ὑπὸ τῷ αὐτῷ σκότῳ καταδεδυκότα. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 22:5)
ὁπόσα ἄν τισ ὑμῶν πονηρὰ ἐργάσηται παρὰ τὸν βίον, καθ’ ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ἀφανῆ στίγματα ἐπὶ τῆσ ψυχῆσ περιφέρει. (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 24:6)
κράτιστον δὲ καθεῖρξαι ἐν ταὐτῷ τὸν ἄρρενα ἅμα τῇ θηλείᾳ, αὐτὸν δὲ ἀφανῆ εἶναι· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 28 1:1)
τίνι σημήνω διόπων στρατιᾶσ οἱᾶ πεπόνθαμεν, οἱᾶ́ τισ ἡμᾶσ δράσασ ἀφανῆ φροῦδοσ, φανερὸν Θρῃξὶν πένθοσ τολυπεύσασ; (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, lyric3)

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

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unseen

unknown

unnoticed

Similar forms

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Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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