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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

voiceless, dumb
(of children) unable to speak
intestate
(ἄφωνα (γράμματα, στοιχεῖα)) the consonants, particularly the mutes

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ά̓φωνος	ά̓φωνον
	Genitive	ἀφώνου	ἀφώνου
	Dative	ἀφώνῳ	ἀφώνῳ
	Accusative	ά̓φωνον	ά̓φωνον
	Vocative	ά̓φωνε	ά̓φωνον
Dual	N/A/V	ἀφώνω	ἀφώνω
Dual	G/D	ἀφώνοιν	ἀφώνοιν
Plural	Nominative	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

πάνυ γοῦν ἤδη βελτίων γεγένησαι διὰ τὴν ὠνήν, ὃσ τοιαῦτα μὲν φθέγγῃ ‐ μᾶλλον δὲ τῶν ἰχθύων ἀφωνότεροσ εἶ ‐ βιοῖσ δὲ ὡσ οὐδ’ εἰπεῖν καλόν, μῖσοσ δὲ ἄγριον, φασί, παρὰ πάντων ἔχεισ ἐπὶ τῇ βδελυρίᾳ· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 16:2)
εἰ δέ σοι καθεύδειν ἥδιον, ἐγὼ μὲν ἡσυχάσομαί σοι καὶ πολὺ ἀφωνότεροσ ἔσομαι τῶν ἰχθύων, σὺ δὲ ὁρ́α ὅπωσ μὴ ὄναρ πλουτῶν λιμώττῃσ ἀνεγρόμενοσ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 1:6)
ἄνθρωποι δὲ περιουσίᾳ συνέσεωσ διὰ τὸ εὐμήχανον ἵππουσ παρατρέφουσι, κύνασ, πέρδικασ, λαγωούσ, κολοιούσ τί οὖν γε σεαυτοῦ κατέγνωκασ, ἀπιθανώτεροσ ὢν κολοιοῦ καὶ ἀφωνότεροσ πέρδικοσ καὶ κυνὸσ ἀγεννέστεροσ, ὥστ’ ἀπ’ ἀνθρώπου μηδενὸσ ὠφελεῖσθαι περιέπων, ψυχαγωγῶν, φυλάττων, προμαχόμενοσ; (Plutarch, De vitando aere alieno, chapter, section 7 3:1)

Synonyms

voiceless
- ἄφθεγκτος (voiceless)
unable to speak
- ἀδύνατος ( unable)
- ἀδιέξοδος (unable to get out)
- ἄφυκτος (unable to escape)
- ἀκόλυμβος (unable to swim)
intestate
- ἀδιάθετος (intestate)

βῆτα (beta)
ἄφθεγκτος (voiceless)
πολύφωνος (much-talking)
φωνῆεν (a vowel)
κυκλικός (circular)
μεταβάλλω (to throw into a different position)
ἀμυδρός (indistinct)
ἀκουστός (heard)
ἐπιπόλαιος (on the surface)
τεχνίον ()
δοξαστός (matter of opinion)
πανσπερμία (a mixture of all seeds)
φθόγγος (a sound or voice)
ἀσύνθετος (uncompounded)
ἐγρήγορος (wakeful)
ἐναντίωσις (a contradiction)
ἁρμοῖ (just)
ἁρμός (joint)
εἴκασμα (a likeness)
ἐκμαγεῖον (that on or in which an impression is made)
θεοφόρητος (possessed by a god)
πρόσληψις (taking in addition)
παράκουσμα (a false story)
γρῖφος (a fishing-basket)
ὑλικός (of matter)
συγκεκροτημένως (in a finished way)
θησαύρισμα (a store)
ἀκέστρια (a sempstress)
καταμανθάνω (to observe well)
στιγματίης (one who bears tattoo-marks)

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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ἄφωνος

Sense

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voiceless

unable to speak

intestate

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ἄφωνος

Sense

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voiceless

unable to speak

intestate

Related

Similar forms

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