ἄφθογγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, not) +‎ φθόγγος (phthóngos, “voice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ápʰ.tʰoŋ.ɡos/ → /ˈaɸ.θoŋ.ɡos/ → /ˈaf.θoŋ.ɡos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ápʰ.tʰoŋ.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈapʰ.tʰoŋ.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈaɸ.θoŋ.ɡos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈaf.θoŋ.ɡos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈaf.θoŋ.ɡos/

Adjective

ἄφθογγος • (áphthongos) m or f (neuter ἄφθογγον); second declension

1. voiceless, speechless
2. not to be spoken of

Declension

Second declension of ἄφθογγος; ἄφθογγον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄφθογγος áphthongos	ἄφθογγον áphthongon		ἀφθόγγω aphthóngō	ἀφθόγγω aphthóngō		ἄφθογγοι áphthongoi	ἄφθογγᾰ áphthonga
Genitive		ἀφθόγγου aphthóngou	ἀφθόγγου aphthóngou		ἀφθόγγοιν aphthóngoin	ἀφθόγγοιν aphthóngoin		ἀφθόγγων aphthóngōn	ἀφθόγγων aphthóngōn
Dative		ἀφθόγγῳ aphthóngōi	ἀφθόγγῳ aphthóngōi		ἀφθόγγοιν aphthóngoin	ἀφθόγγοιν aphthóngoin		ἀφθόγγοις aphthóngois	ἀφθόγγοις aphthóngois
Accusative		ἄφθογγον áphthongon	ἄφθογγον áphthongon		ἀφθόγγω aphthóngō	ἀφθόγγω aphthóngō		ἀφθόγγους aphthóngous	ἄφθογγᾰ áphthonga
Vocative		ἄφθογγε áphthonge	ἄφθογγον áphthongon		ἀφθόγγω aphthóngō	ἀφθόγγω aphthóngō		ἄφθογγοι áphthongoi	ἄφθογγᾰ áphthonga
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀφθόγγως aphthóngōs			ἀφθογγότερος aphthongóteros			ἀφθογγότᾰτος aphthongótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀφθογγῐ́ᾱ (aphthongíā)

Further reading

• “ἄφθογγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄφθογγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄφθογγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄφθογγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)