ἄφωνος

aphonos

voiceless, dumb

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 3
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Book III 1
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701a1
Book VI 1
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766d4
Book IX 1
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876b1
Cratylus 2
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393e1
424c6
Philebus 2
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18c3
18c4
Euthydemus 1
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303a5
Republic 1
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Book I 1
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336d7
Theaetetus 1
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203b3
Timaeus 1
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23c3

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.

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