STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: ἀφανής

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ἀφᾰν-ής, ές,

(φαίνομαι) unseen, especially of the nether world, Ταρτάρου πυθμήν[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 207, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 860 (Lyric poetry); ἀ. κἀν Ἀΐδα δόμῳ φοιτάσῃς 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 68] Refs 7th c.BC+]; χάσμα ἀ. a blind pit, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.76] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀ. θεός, of Persephone, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1556 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἀ. πόλος, i. e. the south pole, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 285b21, “Mu.” 394b31 (but ἀ. κόσμος ] Refs 4th c.BC+]starless, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 6.22). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 ἀ. γίγνεσθαι, ={ἀφανίζεσθαι}, disappear, ὑπὸ γῆν[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.104, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 757, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 360a; so ἀ. ἦν ] Refs 5th c.BC+]disappeared, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.37, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.4.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of soldiers missing after a battle, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.34] Refs 5th c.BC+]; runaway, absconded, [[ PGen. 5.4(2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2.b στήλας ἀ. ποιῆσαι obliterate, [[ “SIG” 38.38 (from Teos). ] Refs]

__3 unnoticed, secret, ἀ. νόος ἀθανἁτων[[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 17] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἀ. νεῦμα a secret sign, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. χωρίον out of sight, [[ [prev. author] 4.29, compare [prev. work] 67] Refs]; ἀ. ξιφίδιον concealed, [[ [prev. author] 8.69] Refs]; δι᾽ ἐπιστολῶν ἀφανῶν secret or invisible writings, [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 102.29: with ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]participle, ἀ. εἶναι ἀπιόντες depart without being noticed, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.4; ἀ. ὄντες ἠδίκουν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.68] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαντικῇ χρώμενος οὐκ ἀ. ἦν he was well known to do.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

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__3.b uncertain, doubtful, ἀ. νοῦσοι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.84] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὺν ἀφανεῖ λόγῳ on an uncertain charge, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 657 (Lyric poetry); ἐν ἀφανεῖ λ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.59; μόρος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1682 (Lyric poetry); ὄνομα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1322 (Lyric poetry); ἐλπίς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.103; πρόφασις ἀφανεστάτη λόγῳ [prev. author] 1.23; οὐκ ἀ. τεκμήρια 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 6.1] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεθέντας τἀφανῆ, opposed to τὸ πρὸς ποσί, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 131] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. χάρις a favour from an unknown hand, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.240; ἐς ἀφανὲς τὸν μῦθον ἀνενείκας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.23; μισῶ μὲν ὅστις τἀφανῆ περισκοπῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 737; τὰ ἀ. μεριμνᾶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 672; ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀ. φανεροῖς μαρτυρίοις χρῆσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1104a13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of what is beyond the evidence of sense, opposed to φανερόν, ἁρμονίη ἀ. φανερῆς κρείττων[[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 54, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 1, +others; τἀφανὲς διὰ τοῦ φαινομένου συλλογίζεσθαι 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 14.4; τὸ τῆς τύχης ἀ. οἷ προβήσεται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 785; τὸ ἀ. τοῦ κατορθώσειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἀφανεῖ ἔτι κεῖσθαι, ἐν τῷ ἀ. εἶναι, [[ [prev. author] 1.42, 3.23; ἐν ἀ. κεκτῆσθαί τι ] Refs]secretly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 954e; ἐκ τοῦ ἀφανοῦς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.51, 4.96, etc.; ἐξ ἀ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 57.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1332] Refs 5th c.BC+]: neuter plural as adverb, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1289 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]. Regul.adverb ἀφανῶς[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.43, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -έστατα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.27. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]