ἀφωνία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓φωνῐ́η (aphōníē) — Ionic

Etymology

ἄφωνος (áphōnos, “voiceless”) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pʰɔː.ní.aː/ → /a.ɸoˈni.a/ → /a.foˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pʰɔː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.pʰoˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɸoˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.foˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.foˈni.a/

Noun

ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱ • (aphōníā) f (genitive ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. speechlessness
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Epidemics 3.17γ
   • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 198c
2. mispronunciation
   • 170 CE – 250 CE, Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 6.36

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱ hē aphōníā	τὼ ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ aphōníā	αἱ ᾰ̓φωνῐ́αι hai aphōníai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱς tês aphōníās	τοῖν ᾰ̓φωνῐ́αιν toîn aphōníain	τῶν ᾰ̓φωνῐῶν tôn aphōniôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾳ têi aphōníāi	τοῖν ᾰ̓φωνῐ́αιν toîn aphōníain	ταῖς ᾰ̓φωνῐ́αις taîs aphōníais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn aphōníān	τὼ ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ aphōníā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s aphōníās
Vocative	ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱ aphōníā	ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱ aphōníā	ᾰ̓φωνῐ́αι aphōníai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “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 (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dumbness idem, page 256.
  • speechlessness idem, page 800.