ἀφᾰν-ισμός, ὁ,
extermination, destruction, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.11.5; πόλεων 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.48; σώματος καὶ ψυχῆς 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.107d; ἀφανισμῷ ἀφανίζειν LXX.Deu.7.2. ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]
__II =[[ {ἀφάνισις} 11, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 580b21, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 19; ἄστρων 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Signis Tempestatum” 2 (_plural_), compare 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 2.5] Refs 4th c.BC+]; occultation, [[Theo Sm. p.137] Refs] H.; Περὶ ἀ. ἡλιακῶν, title of work by Eudoxus, on occultations of stars by the sun, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.21; τῆς σελήνης 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.670c; ἐγγὺς ἀφανισμοῦ NT.Heb.8.13.] NT+1st c.BC+]