φωνήεις

phoneeis

endowed with speech, vocal

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Cratylus 3
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424c5
424c8
424c9
Philebus 2
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18c4
18b8
Laws 1
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Book III 1
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701a1
Sophist 1
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253a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

φωνήεις, εσσα, εν, contr. φωνῆς, ῆντος Cratin. in PSI 11.1212.13, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.618; Aeol. and Dor. φωνάεις [ᾱ], also in later Prose, as Zeno Stoic. 1.41, Plu. Sull. 7, S.E. M. 1.100, etc.; contr. in pl. φωνᾶντα, Pi. O. 2.85:—A. endowed with speech, vocal, ζῴοισιν ἐοικόταφωνήεσσιν Hes. Th. 584; τοῦτο γὰρ ἀθάνατον φωνᾶεν ἕρπει Pi. I. 4(3).40(58), cf. E. Tr. 440; βέλη (i.e. ἔπη) φωνᾶντα συνετοῖσι Pi. O. 2.85; φ. θέατρα Pl. Lg. 701a; ὄχλος Plu.l.c.; φ. ζῷα endowed with speech, X. Mem. 2.7.13; opp. ζῷα ψοφητικά, Arist. HA 488a32; epith. of certain signs of the Zodiac, Vett.Val. 10.19, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.166; τὸ φωνᾶεν the power of speech, Zeno l.c. 2. musical, of the lyre, Sapph. 45. 3. of a song, sounding, Pi. O. 9.2. 4. clear, λόγος B. 14.31. 5. τὰ φωνήεντα (φωνάοντα Mélanges Beyrouth 15.71 (Syria, gem)) vowels, τοῖς ἄλλοις φωνήεσί τε καὶ ἀφώνοις Pl. Cra. 393e, cf. IG 22.2783.4,17, Phld. Rh. 1.163 S., etc.; in full, τὰ φ. γράμματα Aen.Tact. 31.30; στοιχεῖα φ. S.E. M. 1.100. b. consisting of vowels only, of a spell, PMag.Par. 1.2634.

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