ἄφωνος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (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
ᾰ̓́φωνος • (áphōnos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́φωνον); second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- (antonym(s) of “mute consonant”): ἡμίφωνα (hēmíphōna)
Derived terms
- ἀφωνέω (aphōnéō)
- ἀφώνητος (aphṓnētos)
- ἀφωνία (aphōnía)
- ἀφώνως (aphṓnōs)
Descendants
- → French: aphone
Further reading
- “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, 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.
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