ἀφανίζω

aphanizo

make unseen, hide

Appears 30 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 5
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Book III 4
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678d1
678d4
678e4
691d4
Book IX 1
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855a2
Symposium 5
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189e2
190c4
190c5
217e4
222c5
Philebus 4
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24c6
24c6
42a1
66a2
Republic 3
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Book IV 1
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432b9
Book VIII 1
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565e6
Book X 1
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604d2
Statesman 3
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273e9
284a7
284b4
Critias 2
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109d4
111b4
Theaetetus 2
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151d3
184a8
Timaeus 2
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20e6
25d3
Cratylus 1
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418b4
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471b6
Phaedrus 1
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245a8
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249c7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀφανίζω, Att. fut. -ῐῶ X. An. 3.2.11, Pl. Tht. 184a: pf. ἠφάνικα D. 36.18:—Α. make unseen, hide, νεφέλη . . ἠφάνισεν ἥλιον X. An. 3.4.8; hush up, ἔργον Pl. Smp. 217e: hence, lose sight of, Eub. 107.18; ἀ. τὸ συμφορώτατον do away with, reject, Hp. VM 21 (v.l. for ἀφαιρέοντας); make away with a person, Hdt. 3.126, X. Mem. 1.2.53, Th. 4.80; μή μʼ ἀφανίσῃ λαβών Men. Epit. 210:—Pass., τὴν γνώμην μηδὲν . . ἀφανισθεῖσαν in no part concealed or suppressed, Th. 7.8. 2. do away with, remove, ἄχος S. OC 1712 (lyr.); τινὰ πόλεος carry one off from the city, E. Ph. 1041 (lyr.); Μούσας ἀ. Ar. Nu. 972; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών disappear into the temple, Id. Pl. 741. 3. destroy, Ἀθήνας X. An. 3.2.11, cf. Plb. 1.81.6, LXXDe. 7.2; ὅλως ἀ. ἱερά D. 21.147, cf. Epigr.Gr. 376.8 (Aezani). 4. obliterate writing, Th. 6.54; footsteps, X. Cyn. 5.3, etc.; traces of bloodshed, Antipho 5.45; spirit away a witness, ib.52; get rid of, δίκην Ar. Nu. 760. 5. secrete, steal, X. Oec. 14.2. 6. obscure, mar oneʼs good name, etc., πατρικὰς ἀρετάς, ἀξίωσιν, δόξαν, Th. 7.69, 2.61: in good sense, ἀ. ἀγαθῷ κακόν wipe out ill deeds by good, ib.42; δύσκλειαν Id. 3.58; τὰ χρώματα ἀ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, of the wasting effect of grief, Antiph. 98; τρίχα βαφῇ ἀ. disguise it by dyeing, Ael. VH 7.20; ἀ. τὰ πρόσωπα (cf. ἀπρόσωπος), of artificial disfigurement, Ev.Matt. 6.16, cf. LXXJl. 2.20, Za. 7.14. b. spoil, οἶνον, ὕδωρ, Sor. 1.90, Gal. 9.645. 7. make away with property, etc., ἀργύριον, ναυτικόν, ἀνθρώπους, Aeschin. 1.101, 3.222, D. 28.12; ἀ. τὴν οὐσίαν Aeschin. 1.103; but, conceal the existence of, ἐργαστήριον, οὐσίαν, D. 27.26,44. 8. drain a cup of wine, Eub. 82. 9. ἀφανίσαι· σκεπάσαι, προνομεῦσαι, Hsch. II. Pass., disappear, be missing, Hdt. 4.8,124, S. Ant. 255; of persons buried by a sand-storm, Hdt. 3.26; or lost at sea, Th. 8.38, X. HG 1.6.33; ἀ. κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης, of islands, Hdt. 7.6; ὑποβρύχιος ἠφ. Plu. Crass. 19; ἀ. ἐκ τῶν Θρηίκων Hdt. 4.95; ἐξ ἀνθρώπων Lys. 2.11; ἀ. εἰς ὕλην disappear into it, X. Cyn. 10.23; καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη was laughed down and disappeared, Th. 3.83. 2. live retired, X. Ages. 9.1.

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