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ἄφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄφωνος ἄφωνος ἄφωνον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + φων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. voiceless, dumb
  2. (of children) unable to speak
  3. intestate
  4. (ἄφωνα (γράμματα, στοιχεῖα)) the consonants, particularly the mutes

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓φωνος ά̓φωνον
Genitive ἀφώνου ἀφώνου
Dative ἀφώνῳ ἀφώνῳ
Accusative ά̓φωνον ά̓φωνον
Vocative ά̓φωνε ά̓φωνον
DualN/A/V ἀφώνω ἀφώνω
G/D ἀφώνοιν ἀφώνοιν
PluralNominative ά̓φωνοι ά̓φωνα
Genitive ἀφώνων ἀφώνων
Dative ἀφώνοις ἀφώνοις
Accusative ἀφώνους ά̓φωνα
Vocative ά̓φωνοι ά̓φωνα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓φωνος ἀφώνου ἀφωνότερος ἀφωνοτέρου ἀφωνότατος ἀφωνοτάτου
Adverb ἀφώνως ἀφωνότερον ἀφωνότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καίτοι γελοῖόσ εἰμι ἀναγκάζων ἰχθὺν λαλεῖν ἄφωνοι γὰρ οὗτοί γε. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 51:12)
  • οἱ δ’ οἰκέται τέωσ μὲν ἑστήκεσαν ἄφωνοι, τῷ παραδόξῳ τοῦ πράγματοσ ἐκπεπληγμένοι, εἶτα πειρώμενοι συλλαμβάνειν, ὡσ καὶ αὐτοῖσ ἐπῄει μετὰ τοῦ ξίφουσ, ἐκεῖνοι μὲν ἔφευγον, ὁ Δεινίασ δὲ ὑπεξέρχεται τηλικοῦτον ἔργον εἰργασμένοσ. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 18:2)
  • ἤτοι διὰ τὸ ἄφωνοι εἶναι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 80 2:3)
  • ἔθνῃσκόν τε ἕκαστοσ ὡσ τύχοι, πεπλανημένωσ τὰ πολλά, περὶ τὰσ κρίσιασ, ἐκ πολλοῦ δέ τινεσ ἄφωνοι, ἱδρῶντεσ πολλοί. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, EPIDHMIWN A, 192)
  • μέγαν αἰγυπιὸν δ’ ὑποδείσαντεσ τάχ’ ἂν ἐξαίφνησ, εἰ σὺ φανείησ, σιγῇ πτήξειαν ἄφωνοι. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode, anapests14)

Synonyms

  1. voiceless

  2. unable to speak

  3. intestate

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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