ἄφωνος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ἀ- (a-, not) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.pʰɔː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.pʰo.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɸo.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.fo.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.fo.nos/
Adjective
editᾰ̓́φωνος • (áphōnos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́φωνον); second declension
- voiceless, dumb
- (of children) unable to speak
- intestate
- (ἄφωνα (γράμματα, στοιχεῖα)) the consonants, particularly the mutes
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓́φωνος áphōnos |
ᾰ̓́φωνον áphōnon |
ᾰ̓φώνω aphṓnō |
ᾰ̓φώνω aphṓnō |
ᾰ̓́φωνοι áphōnoi |
ᾰ̓́φωνᾰ áphōna | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓φώνου aphṓnou |
ᾰ̓φώνου aphṓnou |
ᾰ̓φώνοιν aphṓnoin |
ᾰ̓φώνοιν aphṓnoin |
ᾰ̓φώνων aphṓnōn |
ᾰ̓φώνων aphṓnōn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓φώνῳ aphṓnōi |
ᾰ̓φώνῳ aphṓnōi |
ᾰ̓φώνοιν aphṓnoin |
ᾰ̓φώνοιν aphṓnoin |
ᾰ̓φώνοις aphṓnois |
ᾰ̓φώνοις aphṓnois | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓́φωνον áphōnon |
ᾰ̓́φωνον áphōnon |
ᾰ̓φώνω aphṓnō |
ᾰ̓φώνω aphṓnō |
ᾰ̓φώνους aphṓnous |
ᾰ̓́φωνᾰ áphōna | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓́φωνε áphōne |
ᾰ̓́φωνον áphōnon |
ᾰ̓φώνω aphṓnō |
ᾰ̓φώνω aphṓnō |
ᾰ̓́φωνοι áphōnoi |
ᾰ̓́φωνᾰ áphōna | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓φώνως aphṓnōs |
ᾰ̓φωνότερος aphōnóteros |
ᾰ̓φωνότᾰτος aphōnótatos | ||||||||||||
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Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “mute consonant”): ἡμίφωνα (hēmíphōna)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → French: aphone
Further reading
edit- “ἄφωνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄφωνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄφωνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄφωνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄφωνος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G880 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- dumb idem, page 256.
- hushed idem, page 412.
- inarticulate idem, page 427.
- mute idem, page 548.
- silent idem, page 775.
- speechless idem, page 800.
- voiceless idem, page 956.