ἀφωνία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ᾰ̓φωνῐ́η (ăphōnĭ́ē) — 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 • (ăphōnĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. speechlessness
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, 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 ăphōnĭ́ā	τὼ ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăphōnĭ́ā	αἱ ᾰ̓φωνῐ́αι hai ăphōnĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱς tês ăphōnĭ́ās	τοῖν ᾰ̓φωνῐ́αιν toîn ăphōnĭ́ain	τῶν ᾰ̓φωνῐῶν tôn ăphōnĭôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾳ têi ăphōnĭ́āi	τοῖν ᾰ̓φωνῐ́αιν toîn ăphōnĭ́ain	ταῖς ᾰ̓φωνῐ́αις taîs ăphōnĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn ăphōnĭ́ān	τὼ ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱ tṑ ăphōnĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ăphōnĭ́ās
Vocative	ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱ ăphōnĭ́ā	ᾰ̓φωνῐ́ᾱ ăphōnĭ́ā	ᾰ̓φωνῐ́αι ăphōnĭ́ai
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 (2006–2025)
• 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.