Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄφθεγκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφθεγκτος ἄφθεγκτη ἄφθεγκτον

Structure: ἀφθεγκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fqe/ggomai

Sense

  1. voiceless
  2. where none may speak
  3. unspeakable

Examples

  • συννοεῖσ οὖν ὡσ οὔτε φθέγξασθαι δυνατὸν ὀρθῶσ οὔτ’ εἰπεῖν οὔτε διανοηθῆναι τὸ μὴ ὂν αὐτὸ καθ’ αὑτό, ἀλλ’ ἔστιν ἀδιανόητόν τε καὶ ἄρρητον καὶ ἄφθεγκτον καὶ ἄλογον; (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 134:6)
  • καὶ μὴν αὖ καὶ σμικρὸν ἔμπροσθεν ἄφθεγκτόν τε αὐτὸ καὶ ἄρρητον καὶ ἄλογον ἔφην εἶναι. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 136:4)
  • καὶ μὴν ἄλογόν γε λέγων καὶ ἄρρητον καὶ ἄφθεγκτον ὥσ γε πρὸσ ἓν τὸν λόγον ἐποιούμην. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 138:5)
  • οὐδὲν γοῦν παραλέλοιπεν ἄφθεγκτον οὐδὲ ἄσημον τῶν πρὸσ αἴσθησιν ἀφικνουμένων, ἀλλ’ εὐθὺσ ἐπιβάλλει τῷ νοηθέντι σαφῆ σφραγῖδα ὀνόματοσ, πολλάκισ δὲ καὶ πλείουσ φωνὰσ ἑνὸσ πράγματοσ, ὧν ὁπόταν φθέγξηταί τινα, παρέσχε δόξαν οὐ πολὺ ἀσθενεστέραν τἀληθοῦσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 84:3)

Synonyms

  1. voiceless

  2. unspeakable

Related

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

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