ἄφωνος

aphonos

voiceless, dumb

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 5
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

488a32
Book IV 2
Chapter 9 535a27–536b23

535a32
535b14
Book VIII 1
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3

593b10
Book IX 1
Chapter 28 617b31–618a7

618a5
Poetics 5
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Chapter 20 1456b20–1457a30

1456b26
1456b28
1456b35
Chapter 21 1457a31–1458a17

1458a14
Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5

1460a32
Metaphysics 2
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Book Δ 1
Chapter 6 1015b16–1017a6

1016b22
Book Ζ 1
Chapter 17 1041a6–1041b33

1041b17
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 68 835a33–35

835a33
Chapter 178 847b7–10

847b8
De Anima 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 419b4–421a6

421a4
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 5 396a33–397b6

396b18

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄφωνος, ον, (φωνή) A. voiceless, dumb, Thgn. 669, Hdt. 1.85, D. 18.191; ῥήτωρ Antiph. 196.14; κακὸν ἄ. Com.Adesp. 8 D.; stronger than ἄναυδος (q.v.), Hp. Epid. 3.17.γʹ; εἴδωλα 1 Ep.Cor. 12.2; unable to speak, of a child, Sapph. 118: c.gen., ἄ. τῆσδε τῆς ἀρᾶς unable to utter it, S. OC 865. Adv.-νωςib.131 (lyr.): neut. pl. as Adv., ἄφωνα σημανοῦσιν . . ὡς . . A. Pers. 819. 2. with a poor voice, τραγῳδός D.T. 631.21. 3. intestate, Tab.Heracl. 1.151. 4. ἄφωνα (sc. γράμματα, στοιχεῖα) consonants, ἄ. καὶ φωνοῦντα (fort. ἄ. φωνήεντα) E. Fr. 578.2; τοῖς ἄλλοις φωνήεσί τε καὶ ἄ. Pl. Cra. 393e; τὸ σῖγμα τῶν ἀ. ἐστί Id. Tht. 203b: but esp. of mutes, τὰ ἄφθογγα καὶ ἄ. Id. Phlb. 18c, cf. Cra. 424c; opp. ἡμίφωνα, Arist. Po. 1456b28, cf. Phld. Po. 2.16, Herc. 994.28, D.H. Comp. 14, D.T. 631.20, S.E. M. 1.102.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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