ἄφαντ-ος, ον,
(φαίνομαι) made invisible, blotted out, ἀκήδεστοι καὶ ἄ.[[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.60; ἄσπερμος γενεὴ καὶ ἄ. ὄληται 20.303, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; hidden, ἄ. ἕρμα[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1007 (Lyric poetry); ἔφην᾽ ἄφαντον φῶς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 297; ἄ. ἔπελες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.46; ἐκ βροτῶν ἄ. βῆναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 832] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁνὴρ ἄ. ἐκ.. στρατοῦ he has disappeared, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 624] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄ. οἴχεσθαι[[ [prev. work] 657, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.59a; ἔρρειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 560; ἀρθεῖσ᾽ ἄ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 606; ἐκ χερῶν [prev. author] “Hipp.” 827 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴχνος πλατᾶν ἄ. disappearing, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 695 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; invisible, νύξ[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 9.3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 in secret, ἄφαντα βρέμειν[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.30. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 obscure, [[ [prev. author] “N.” 8.34] Refs]; θεοῖς δῆλος θνητοῖσι δ᾽ ἄ. Epimenid.II.—poetical and late Prose, ἄ. γενέσθαι[[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.60, 4.65, NT.Luke.24.31; τὰ ἄφαντα φήναντες 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.260 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, cf. Scholia 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 899.] NT+4th c.BC+]