φθογγή

phthogge

voice

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2791
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13216
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16508
Odyssey 2
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9167
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12198

Dictionary (LSJ)

φθογγή, ἡ, poet. form of φθόγγος, A. voice of men, Il. 2.791, A. Supp. 197, etc.; of the Sirens, v.l. for φθόγγον in Od. 12.198; οἶκος εἰ φθογγὴν λάβοι σαφέστατʼ ἂν λέξειεν A. Ag. 37, cf. E. Hipp. 418; τῶν ἁλόντων καὶ κρατησάντων . . φθογγάς A. Ag. 325; of the voice of Orpheus, ἦγε πάντʼ ἀπὸ φθογγῆς ib.1630; βάλλει με . . φ. του S. Ph. 206 (lyr.); of birds and animals, ὥστʼ ἀηδόνος στόμα φθογγὰς ἱεῖσα E. Hec. 338; φ. ὀΐων τε καὶ αἰγῶν Od. 9.167; μόσχων E. IT 293 (pl.).

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