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φθέγγομαι

phtheggomai

utter a sound

Appears 95 times across Plato's dialogues.

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φθέγγομαι, Od. 10.228, etc.: fut. φθέγξομαι Il. 21.341: aor. ἐφθεγξάμην, Ep. and poet. φθεγξάμην 18.218, Pi. O. 6.14: pf. ἔφθεγμαι, 2sg. ἔφθεγξαι Pl. Lg. 830c, 3sg. ἔφθεγκται (trans.) Arist. APo. 77a2, (Pass.) Id. Cael. 279a23: —A. utter a sound or voice, esp. speak loud and clear, freq. in Hom., φθεγξάμενος παρὰ νηός Il. 11.603, cf. 10.67, al., Pl. R. 336b (properly of all animals that have lungs, Arist. HA 535a30): I. of the human voice, ἀνθρωπηΐῃ φωνῇ φ. Hdt. 2.57; ἀπὸ γλώσσας Pi. l.c.; διὰ τοῦ στόματος Pl. Sph. 238b; [ψυχῆς] φθεγξαμένης ἀΐων Xenoph. 7.5; φθεγξαμένου τευ ἢ αὐδήσαντος Od. 9.497; with a part. expressing the kind of cry, φθέγξομʼ ἐγὼν ἰάχουσα Il. 21.341; τοὶ δʼ ἐφθέγγοντο καλεῦντες Od. 10.229, cf. 12.249; so σφοδρῷ τῷ πνεύματι φ. Archyt. 1; φ. μετὰ βοῆς Pl. Lg. 791e, etc.; μέγιστον ἁπάντων D. 19.206; καλὸν καὶ μέγα ib.216, cf. 337; ἐλεύθερον καὶ μέγα Pl. Grg. 485e; also of weak, small voice, φθεγξάμενος ὀλίγῃ ὀπί Od. 14.492; τυτθὸν φθεγξαμένη Il. 24.170; of the battle-cry, X. An. 1.8.18; of the recitative of the chorus, Id. Oec. 8.3; οὐκέτι πόρρω διθυράμβων φ. Pl. Phdr. 238d; οὐδʼ ἂν φθέγξασθαι δυνηθείη would not be able to utter a syllable, Isoc. 15.192, cf. Pl. R. 368c; opp. silence, X. Mem. 4.2.6; εἶτα σὺ φθέγγει . . ; open your mouth . . ? D. 18.283; of children just born, Arist. HA 587a27:—Constr.:—c. acc. cogn., utter, ἔπος Hdt. 5.106; ἀγέλαστα Heraclit. 92; ὀδυρμοὺς καὶ γόους ἀνωφελεῖς A. Pr. 34; καίρια S. Ph. 862 (lyr.); ἀράς, λόγους, βλασφημίαν, E. Ph. 475, Med. 1307, Ion 1189; ῥῆμα μοχθηρόν SIG 1175.19 (Piraeus, Tab. Defix., iv/iii B. C.); τἀληθῆ Pl. Phlb. 49b; ὑπέρογκα ματαιότητος φ. 2 Ep.Pet. 2.18: the pers. addressed added with a Prep., φ. εἰς ἡμᾶς E. Ph.l.c.; πρός τινα Pl. Ion 534d; later τισί, Plu. Crass. 27; φ. τι περί τινος Isoc. 10.13; τὸ φθεγγόμενον, abs., that which uttered the sound, Hdt. 8.65. 2. of animals, as a horse, neigh, whinny, Id. 3.84,85; of an eagle, scream, X. An. 6.1.23; of a raven, croak, Thphr. Sign. 16; of a fawn, cry, Theoc. 13.62; of birds, opp. ἄφωνοί εἰσι, Arist. HA 618a5; ἐν τῷ θέρει ᾄδει [κόττυφος], τοῦ χειμῶνος . . φ. θορυβῶδες ib.632b17; of worms, φ. οἷον τριγμόν Thphr. CP 5.10.5; of certain fish, Arist. Fr. 300, Opp. H. 1.135. 3. of inanimate things, of a door, creak, Ar. Pl. 1099; of thunder, X. Cyr. 7.1.3; of trumpets, Id. An. 4.2.7, 5.2.14; of the flute, Id. Smp. 6.3, Thgn. 532; of the lyre, φόρμιγξ φ. ἱρὸν μέλος Id. 761, cf. Arist. Metaph. 1019b15; of an earthen pot, εἴτε ὑγιὲς εἴτε σαθρὸν φ. whether it rings sound or cracked, Pl. Tht. 179d; φ. παλάμῃσι to clap with the hands, Nonn. D. 5.106, cf. AP 9.505.17 (dub.). II. = ὀνομάζω, to name, call by name, Pl. R. 527a, Phlb. 25c, 34a; τῷ πλέγματι τούτῳ τὸ ὄνομα ἐφθεγξάμεθα λόγον gave it the name of λόγος, Id. Sph. 262d; φ. εἴδωλον ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ὡς ἓν ὄν ib.240a; φ. γιγνόμενα speak of things as coming into existence, Id. Tht. 157b; καὶ τὸν κύλλαστιν φθέγγου use the word κ., Ar. Fr. 257; also τῇ δυνάμει ταὐτὸν φ. have the same meaning, Pl. Cra. 394c. III. c. acc. pers., sing, or celebrate one aloud, Pi. O. 1.36; also, tell of, recount, θεῶν ἔργα Xenoph. 12.1.
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