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
| 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 áphthongă | ||||||||
| 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 áphthongă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἄφθογγε áphthonge |
ἄφθογγον áphthongon |
ἀφθόγγω aphthóngō |
ἀφθόγγω aphthóngō |
ἄφθογγοι áphthongoi |
ἄφθογγᾰ áphthongă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀφθόγγως aphthóngōs |
ἀφθογγότερος aphthongóteros |
ἀφθογγότᾰτος aphthongótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀφθογγῐ́ᾱ (aphthongĭ́ā)
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 (2006–2025)