Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀφωνίη ‎(aphōníē) Ionic

Noun

ἀφωνίᾱ • ‎(aphōníā) f ‎(genitive ἀφωνίᾱς); first declension

1. speechlessness
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 3.17.γ
   • bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)
2. mispronunciation
   • 170 CE – 250 CE, Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.36

Inflection

References

• ἀφωνία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «ἀφωνία» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἀφωνία» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dumbness idem, page 256.
  • speechlessness idem, page 800.