ἀφανής

ἀφανής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ 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 Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.faˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.faˈnis/

Adjective

ἀφᾰνής • (aphanḗs) m or f (neuter ἀφᾰνές); third declension

1. unseen, invisible

   Synonyms: ἀμάνδαλος (amándalos), ἀϊδής (aïdḗs)

   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.23
2. unnoticed, secret, not manifest
   • New Testament, 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 ἀ̆φᾰνής; ἀ̆φᾰνές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆φᾰνής aphanḗs	ἀ̆φᾰνές aphanés		ἀ̆φᾰνεῖ aphaneî	ἀ̆φᾰνεῖ aphaneî		ἀ̆φᾰνεῖς aphaneîs	ἀ̆φᾰνῆ aphanê
Genitive		ἀ̆φᾰνοῦς aphanoûs	ἀ̆φᾰνοῦς aphanoûs		ἀ̆φᾰνοῖν aphanoîn	ἀ̆φᾰνοῖν aphanoîn		ἀ̆φᾰνῶν aphanôn	ἀ̆φᾰνῶν aphanôn
Dative		ἀ̆φᾰνεῖ aphaneî	ἀ̆φᾰνεῖ aphaneî		ἀ̆φᾰνοῖν aphanoîn	ἀ̆φᾰνοῖν aphanoîn		ἀ̆φᾰνέσῐ / ἀ̆φᾰνέσῐν aphanési(n)	ἀ̆φᾰνέσῐ / ἀ̆φᾰνέσῐν aphanési(n)
Accusative		ἀ̆φᾰνῆ aphanê	ἀ̆φᾰνές aphanés		ἀ̆φᾰνεῖ aphaneî	ἀ̆φᾰνεῖ aphaneî		ἀ̆φᾰνεῖς aphaneîs	ἀ̆φᾰνῆ aphanê
Vocative		ἀ̆φᾰνές aphanés	ἀ̆φᾰνές aphanés		ἀ̆φᾰνεῖ aphaneî	ἀ̆φᾰνεῖ aphaneî		ἀ̆φᾰνεῖς aphaneîs	ἀ̆φᾰνῆ aphanê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆φᾰνῶς aphanôs			ἀ̆φᾰνέστερος aphanésteros			ἀ̆φᾰνέστᾰτος aphanéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀφανίζω (aphanízō)

Descendants

• →⇒ 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 (2006–2023)
• “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, 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.