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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

  • ἃ δ’ οἱ γέροντεσ ποιοῦσιν , ὅταν μεθυσθῶσιν τοῦ ὕδατοσ, οὐκ ἀλλότριον εἰπεῖν ἐπειδὰν πίῃ ὁ γέρων καὶ κατάσχῃ αὐτὸν ὁ Σιληνόσ, αὐτίκα ἐπὶ πολὺ ἄφωνόσ ἐστι καὶ καρηβαροῦντι καὶ βεβαπτισμένῳ ἐοίκεν, εἶτα ἄφνω φωνή τε λαμπρὰ καὶ φθέγμα τορὸν καὶ πνεῦμα λιγυρὸν ἐγγίγνεται αὐτῷ καὶ λαλίστατοσ ἐξ ἀφωνοτάτου ἐστίν, οὐδ’ ἂν ’ἐπιστομίσασ παύσειασ αὐτὸν μὴ οὐχὶ συνεχῆ λαλεῖν καὶ ῥήσεισ μακρὰσ συνείρειν. (Lucian, (no name) 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. voiceless

  2. unable to speak

  3. intestate

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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