utter a sound
φθέγγομαι, Od. 10.228 , etc.:fut.
A.
φθέγξομαι
Il. 21.341
:aor. ἐφθεγξάμην,
Ep. and poet. φθεγξάμην
18.218
, Pi. O. 6.14 :pf. ἔφθεγμαι, 2 sg.
ἔφθεγξαι
Pl. Lg. 830c
,3 sg. ἔφθεγκται(trans.) Arist. APo. 77a2 , ( Pass. ) Id. Cael. 279a23 : —utter a soundorvoice,esp.speak loud and clear,freq. in Hom. , φθεγξάμενος παρὰ νηός
Il. 11.603
, cf. 10.67 , al., Pl. R. 336b (properly of all animals that have lungs, Arist. HA 535a30 ):
I. of the human voice, ἀνθρωπηί̈ῃ φωνῇ φ.
Hdt. 2.57
; ἀπὸ γλώσσας
Pi.
l.c.; διὰ τοῦ στόματος
Pl. Sph. 238b
; [ ψυχῆς] φθεγξαμένης ἀί̈ων
Xenoph. 7.5
; φθεγξαμένου τευ ἢ αὐδήσαντος
Od. 9.497
; with apart.expressing the kind of cry, φθέγξομ' ἐγὼν ἰάχουσα
Il. 21.341
; τοὶ δ' ἐφθέγγοντο καλεῦντες
Od. 10.229
, cf. 12.249 ; so σφοδρῷ τῷ πνεύματι φ.
Archyt. 1
; φ. μετὰ βοῆς
Pl. Lg. 791e
, etc.; μέγιστον ἁπάντων
D. 19.206
;καλὸν καὶ μέγαib. 216 , cf. 337 ; ἐλεύθερον καὶ μέγα
Pl. Grg. 485e
; also of weak, small voice, φθεγξάμενος ὀλίγῃ ὀπί
Od. 14.492
; τυτθὸν φθεγξαμένη
Il. 24.170
; of the battle-cry, X. An. 1.8.18 ; of the recitative of the chorus, Id. Oec. 8.3 ; οὐκέτι πόρρω διθυράμβων φ.
Pl. Phdr. 238d
;οὐδ' ἂν φθέγξασθαι δυνηθείηwould not be able toutter a syllable,
Isoc. 15.192 , cf. Pl. R. 368c ; opp. silence, X. Mem. 4.2.6 ;εἶτα σὺ φθέγγει. . ;open your mouth . . ?
D. 18.283 ; of children just born, Arist. HA 587a27 :—Constr.:—c. acc. cogn.,utter,
ἔπος
Hdt. 5.106
; ἀγέλαστα
Heraclit. 92
; ὀδυρμοὺς καὶ γόους ἀνωφελεῖς
A. Pr. 34
; καίρια
S. Ph. 862
(lyr.);ἀράς, λόγους, βλασφημίαν,
E. Ph. 475 , Med. 1307 , Ion 1189 ; ῥῆμα μοχθηρόν
SIG 1175.19
(Piraeus, Tab. Defix.,iv/iii B. C.); τἀληθῆ
Pl. Phlb. 49b
; ὑπέρογκα ματαιότητος φ.
2 Ep.Pet. 2.18
: the pers. addressed added with a Prep., φ. εἰς ἡμᾶς
E. Ph.
l.c.; πρός τινα
Pl. Ion 534d
; laterτισί,
Plu. Crass. 27 ; φ. τι περί τινος
Isoc. 10.13
;τὸ φθεγγόμενον,abs., thatwhich uttered the sound,
Hdt. 8.65 .
2. of animals, as a horse,neigh, whinny,
Id. 3.84 , 85 ; of an eagle,scream,
X. An. 6.1.23 ; of a raven,croak,
Thphr. Sign. 16 ; of a fawn,cry,
Theoc. 13.62 ; of birds, opp.ἄφωνοί εἰσι,
Arist. HA 618a5 ;ἐν τῷ θέρει ᾄδει [κόττυφος], τοῦ χειμῶνος . . φ. θορυβῶδεςib. 632b17 ; of worms, φ. οἷον τριγμόν
Thphr. CP 5.10.5
; of certain fish, Arist. Fr. 300 , Opp. H. 1.135 .
3. of inanimate things, of a door,creak,
Ar. Pl. 1099 ; of thunder, X. Cyr. 7.1.3 ; of trumpets, Id. An. 4.2.7 , 5.2.14 ; of the flute, Id. Smp. 6.3 , Thgn. 532 ; of the lyre, φόρμιγξ φ. ἱρὸν μέλος
Id. 761
, cf. Arist. Metaph. 1019b15 ; of an earthen pot,εἴτε ὑγιὲς εἴτε σαθρὸν φ.whether itringssound or cracked, Pl. Tht. 179d ;φ. παλάμῃσι to clapwith the hands, Nonn. D. 5.106 , cf. AP 9.505.17 (dub.).
II.
= ὀνομάζω ,to name, call by name,
Pl. R. 527a , Phlb. 25c , 34a ;τῷ πλέγματι τούτῳ τὸ ὄνομα ἐφθεγξάμεθα λόγον gaveit the name ofλόγος,
Id. Sph. 262d ;φ. εἴδωλον ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ὡς ἓν ὄνib. 240a ;φ. γιγνόμενα speak ofthings as coming into existence, Id. Tht. 157b ;καὶ τὸν κύλλαστιν φθέγγου use the word κ.,
Ar. Fr. 257 ; alsoτῇ δυνάμει ταὐτὸν φ. havethe samemeaning,
Pl. Cra. 394c .
III. c. acc. pers.,sing,orcelebrateonealoud,
Pi. O. 1.36 ; also,tell of, recount,
θεῶν ἔργα
Xenoph. 12.1
.
