ἀφανής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓- (ă-) +‎ φαίνομαι (phaínomai) +‎ -ής (-ḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pʰa.nɛ̌ːs/ → /a.ɸaˈnis/ → /a.faˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pʰa.nɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.pʰaˈne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɸaˈnis/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /a.faˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.faˈnis/

Adjective

ᾰ̓φᾰνής • (ăphănḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓φᾰνές); third declension

1. unseen, invisible

   Synonyms: ᾰ̓μᾰ́νδᾰλος (ămắndălos), ᾰ̓ῐ̈δής (ăĭ̈dḗs)

   • 431 BCE – 404 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.23
2. unnoticed, secret, not manifest
   • 50 CE – 100 CE, Epistle to the Hebrews 4:13:

     Καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν κτίσις ἀφανὴς ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ πάντα δὲ γυμνὰ καὶ τετραχηλισμένα τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ πρὸς ὃν ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος.

     Kaì ouk éstin ktísis aphanḕs enṓpion autoû pánta dè gumnà kaì tetrakhēlisména toîs ophthalmoîs autoû pròs hòn hēmîn ho lógos.

     • Translation by KJV

       Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

3. unknown, uncertain, obscure

Declension

Third declension of ᾰ̓φᾰνής; ᾰ̓φᾰνές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓φᾰνής ăphănḗs		ᾰ̓φᾰνές ăphănés		ᾰ̓φᾰνεῖ ăphăneî		ᾰ̓φᾰνεῖ ăphăneî		ᾰ̓φᾰνεῖς ăphăneîs		ᾰ̓φᾰνῆ ăphănê
Genitive		ᾰ̓φᾰνοῦς ăphănoûs		ᾰ̓φᾰνοῦς ăphănoûs		ᾰ̓φᾰνοῖν ăphănoîn		ᾰ̓φᾰνοῖν ăphănoîn		ᾰ̓φᾰνῶν ăphănôn		ᾰ̓φᾰνῶν ăphănôn
Dative		ᾰ̓φᾰνεῖ ăphăneî		ᾰ̓φᾰνεῖ ăphăneî		ᾰ̓φᾰνοῖν ăphănoîn		ᾰ̓φᾰνοῖν ăphănoîn		ᾰ̓φᾰνέσῐ ᾰ̓φᾰνέσῐν ăphănésĭ(n)		ᾰ̓φᾰνέσῐ ᾰ̓φᾰνέσῐν ăphănésĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓φᾰνῆ ăphănê		ᾰ̓φᾰνές ăphănés		ᾰ̓φᾰνεῖ ăphăneî		ᾰ̓φᾰνεῖ ăphăneî		ᾰ̓φᾰνεῖς ăphăneîs		ᾰ̓φᾰνῆ ăphănê
Vocative		ᾰ̓φᾰνές ăphănés		ᾰ̓φᾰνές ăphănés		ᾰ̓φᾰνεῖ ăphăneî		ᾰ̓φᾰνεῖ ăphăneî		ᾰ̓φᾰνεῖς ăphăneîs		ᾰ̓φᾰνῆ ăphănê
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓φᾰνῶς ăphănôs				ᾰ̓φᾰνέστερος ăphănésteros				ᾰ̓φᾰνέστᾰτος ăphănéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓φᾰνεί (ăphăneí)
• ᾰ̓φᾰνῐ́ζω (ăphănĭ́zō)

Descendants

• Greek: αφανής (afanís)
• →⇒ English: aphanite
• → Irish: afana-
• → Latin: afannae
• → Translingual: aphano-
  • ⇒ Translingual: Aphaniptera

Further reading

• “ἀφανής” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἀφανής” in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• “ἀφανής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀφανής”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G852 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • clandestine idem, page 134.
  • close idem, page 138.
  • concealed idem, page 154.
  • confidential idem, page 158.
  • covert idem, page 180.
  • dark idem, page 195.
  • disappeared idem, page 228.
  • doubtful idem, page 248.
  • dubious idem, page 255.
  • furtive idem, page 351.
  • hidden idem, page 398.
  • hypothetical idem, page 412.
  • impenetrable idem, page 420.
  • inarticulate idem, page 427.
  • indirect idem, page 433.
  • inglorious idem, page 440.
  • inscrutable idem, page 444.
  • invisible idem, page 458.
  • latent idem, page 478.
  • low idem, page 502.
  • mean idem, page 519.
  • missing idem, page 535.
  • misty idem, page 536.
  • mysterious idem, page 549.
  • nameless idem, page 550.
  • nebulous idem, page 553.
  • obscure idem, page 566.
  • occult idem, page 568.
  • problematical idem, page 643.
  • remote idem, page 694.
  • secret idem, page 747.
  • speculative idem, page 800.
  • stealthy idem, page 814.
  • stolen idem, page 819.
  • surreptitious idem, page 844.
  • tacit idem, page 851.
  • uncertain idem, page 909.
  • undecided idem, page 912.
  • unknown idem, page 923.
  • unseen idem, page 931.
  • vague idem, page 942.
  • vanished idem, page 943.