ἀφᾰ̓σία,ἡ, (ἄφατος)
A. speechlessness,caused by fear or perplexity, ἔκπληξιν ἡμῖν ἀφασίαν τε προστιθεῖς
E. Hel. 549
; ἀ. μ' ἔχει
Id. IA 837
, cf. Ar. Th. 904 ; ἀ. ἡμᾶς λαμβάνει τί ποτε χρὴ λέγειν
Pl. Lg. 636e
; εἰς ἀ. τινὰ ἐμβάλλειν
Id. Phlb. 21d
;εἰς ἀ. ἐμβάλλειν πράγματος inability to say anythingabout it, S.E. P. 2.211 , cf. Dam. Pr. 7 .