ἀφᾰν-ίζω,
Attic dialect future -ῐῶ[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 184a] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἠφάνικα[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.18] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—make unseen, hide, νεφέλη.. ἠφάνισεν ἥλιον[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.8] Refs 5th c.BC+]; hush up, ἔργον[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217e] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, lose sight of, [[ 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 107.18; ἀ. τὸ συμφορώτατον ] Refs 4th c.BC+]do away with, reject, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 21 (variant for{ἀφαιρέοντας})] Refs 5th c.BC+]; make away with a person, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.126, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.53, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.80; μή μ᾽ ἀφανίσῃ λαβών 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 210:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τὴν γνώμην μηδὲν.. ἀφανισθεῖσαν in no part concealed or suppressed, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 do away with, remove, ἄχος[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1712 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινὰ πόλεος carry one off from the city, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1041 (Lyric poetry); Μούσας ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 972] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών disappear into the temple, [[ [prev. author] “Pl.” 741. ] Refs]
__3 destroy, Ἀθήνας[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.11, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.81.6, LXX.Deu.7.2; ὅλως ἀ. ἱερά 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.147, compare “epigram Gr.” 376.8 (from Aezani). ] LXX+5th c.BC+]