ἄφθογγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, not) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “voice”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ápʰ.tʰoŋ.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈapʰ.tʰoŋ.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈaɸ.θoŋ.ɡos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈaf.θoŋ.ɡos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈaf.θoŋ.ɡos/
Adjective
ἄφθογγος • (áphthongos) m or f (neuter ἄφθογγον); second declension
- voiceless, speechless
- not to be spoken of
Declension
Second declension of ἄφθογγος; ἄφθογγον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 (2006–2021)