Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀφώνητος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀφώνητος ἀφώνητη ἀφώνητον

Structure: ἀφωνητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwne/w

Sense

  1. voiceless, speechless

Examples

  • τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ’ ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ’ ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πωσ, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖσ ἀφωνήτοισ τινά. (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode19)

Synonyms

  1. voiceless

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

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