φθέγ-μα, ατος, τό
(written φθέγγμα in late Inscrr., [[ “epigram Gr.” 1002, 1003)] Refs], sound of the voice, voice, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.31, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 588 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1623, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 319 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; periphrastic of a person, ὦ φθέγμ᾽ ἀναιδές, for ὦ φθεγξάμενε ἀναιδῆ, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 863, compare “Aj.” 14, “El.” 1225. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b language, speech, [[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 354 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs]
__c saying, word, utterance, [[ [prev. author] “OC” 1177, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 616a, LXX.Wis.1.11 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]: plural, accents, words, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 655a, 5th-6th c.BC: Polyzelus Comicus 12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of other sounds, as of birds, cries, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 18, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 747 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a bull, roaring, [[ [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1215; βροντᾶς φ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.198 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θυείας φ. the grinding of the mortar, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 235 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of musical notes, [[ [prev. author] “Av.” 683 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 812d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the nightingale's song, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 204, 223. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]