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φωνέω

phoneo

produce a sound

Appears 59 times across Plato's dialogues.

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φωνέω, (φωνή) A. produce a sound or tone: I. prop. of men, speak loud or clearly, or simply, speak, give utterance, Hom. only in aor. (pres. and impf. only in compds.); ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας ἀπέβη Il. 6.116, cf. 11.531, al.; ἔπος φάτο φώνησέν τε Od. 4.370; φωνήσας προσέφη Il. 14.41; καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα addressed him with a loud voice in winged words, 1.201, cf. 4.284, al.; φωνοῦντος ἢ ἠχοῦντος ἢ ψοφοῦντος Epicur. Ep. 1p.13U.; folld. by the words spoken, φώνησε (φώνασε codd.) δʼ, εὕδεις, βασιλεῦ Pi. O. 13.67; χρυσοῖς δὲ φωνεῖ γράμμασιν, πρήσω πόλιν A. Th. 434, cf. Ag. 1334 (anap.); οἱ βουλευταὶ ἐφώνησαν . . the Senators exclaimed . . , POxy. 2110.6 (iv A. D.); "βέκος φ. utter the word βέκος, Hdt. 2.2: c. acc. cogn., ὄπα φωνησάσης having made her voice sound, Od. 24.535; φ. φάτιν S. El. 329: with neut. Adj., φ. μέγιστον ἀνθρώπων to have the loudest voice, Hdt. 4.141, 7.117; ὄρθιον φ. Pi. N. 10.76; ἄλλο τι φ. A. Pr. 1063 (anap.); τάδε φ. Id. Ch. 314 (anap.); μέγα φ. Id. Eu. 936 (anap.), S. Ph. 574; ἄπυστα φ. Id. OC 489; ὅσια φ. Id. Ph. 662; δεινὸν φ. ib. 1225; εὔφημα Id. Aj. 362, 591, E. IT 687, etc.; μηδεὶς ἔπος φωνείτω IG 22.1368.108; τὸν ῥηϊδίως φωνεῦντα πᾶν ἔπος Anaxarch. 1: abs., cry aloud, as in joy, S. Tr. 202; of a singer, ἀοιδὸς . . αἰόλα φωνέων Theoc. 16.44:—Pass., τὰ φωνηθέντα sounds or words uttered, Pl. Sph. 262c, Ti. 72a, cf. Longin. 39.4. 2. of animals, utter their cries, Arist. HA 578a32; of birds, ib.593a14; [τὰ σελάχη] φωνεῖν οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἔχει φάναι, ψοφεῖν δέ ib.535b25; ἐφώνησε πέρδιξ LXXJe. 17.11; of the cock, crow, Ev.Matt. 26.34, al. 3. as law-term, affirm, testify in court, Leg.Gort. 1.18, al. (written πωνίω). 4. of a musical instrument, sound, E. Or. 146 (lyr.); of sounds, ἡδὺ φωνεῖν sound sweetly, Plu. 2.1021b; but βροντὴ φ. it has a voice, is significant, X. Ap. 12. 5. ἄφωνα καὶ φωνοῦντα consonants and vowels, E. Fr. 578 codd. Stob. (fort. ἄφωνα φωνήεντα). II. c. acc. pers., call by name, call, Αἴαντα φωνῶ I call ‘Ajax’ S. Aj. 73, cf. Ph. 229, Ev.Matt. 27.47, etc.; call by a name, ὑμεῖς φωνεῖτέ με ὁ διδάσκαλος Ev.Jo. 13.13:—Pass., to be called, τὰ ἀρχαῖα ἐκπώματα κισσύβια φωνέεται Nic. Fr. 1. 2. φ. τινα c. inf., command, σὲ φωνῶ νεκρὸν . . μὴ συγκομίζειν S. Aj. 1047. 3. invite, τοὺς φίλους Ev.Luc. 14.12. 4. c. dat. pers., call to, cry to, Ζεῦ ἄνα, σοὶ φωνῶ S. OC 1485 (lyr.), cf. OT 1121; ἕρποντι φωνεῖς Id. Aj. 543. III. c. acc. rei, speak or tell of, προσβολὰς Ἐρινύων A. Ch. 283; ὁδοῦ τέλος . . οἷον οὐδὲ φωνῆσαί τινι ἔξεσθʼ tell to any one, S. OC 1402; φ. τὸ Ἐπιχάρμειον recite it, Pl. Ax. 366c.
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