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

  • ἕπου δὲ μηνυτῆροσ ἀφθέγκτου φραδαῖσ. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, episode 1:20)
  • ἐκ δὲ τοῦ εὖτε πίοιμι μέλαν ποτόν, ἔνθεοσ οἱᾶ, πᾶν ἔποσ ἀφθέγκτῳ τῷδε λαλῶ στόματι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 162 1:1)
  • ὡσ εὖ τὸν φθίμενον νέον ἄκριτα καὶ τὸ κυβευθὲν πνεῦμα δι’ ἀφθέγκτων εἶπέ τισ ἀστραγάλων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 427 2:2)

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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