ἀφανής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ φαίνομαι (phaínomai) +‎ -ής (-ḗs)

Pronunciation

Adjective

ἀφᾰνής • (aphanḗs) m or f (neuter ἀφᾰνές); third declension

1. unseen, invisible

   Synonyms: ἀμάνδαλος (amándalos), ἀϊδής (aïdḗs)

   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.23
2. unnoticed, secret, not manifest
   • New Testament, Epistle to the Hebrews 4:13:

     Καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν κτίσις ἀφανὴς ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ πάντα δὲ γυμνὰ καὶ τετραχηλισμένα τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ πρὸς ὃν ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος.

     Kaì ouk éstin ktísis aphanḕs enṓpion autoû pánta dè gumnà kaì tetrakhēlisména toîs ophthalmoîs autoû pròs hòn hēmîn ho lógos.

     • Translation by KJV

       Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

3. unknown, uncertain, obscure

Declension

Derived terms

• ἀφανίζω (aphanízō)

Descendants

• Greek: αφανής (afanís)
• →⇒ English: aphanite
• → Irish: afana-
• → Latin: afannae
• → Translingual: aphano-
  • ⇒ Translingual: Aphaniptera

Further reading

• ἀφανής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀφανής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀφανής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀφανής”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G852 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • clandestine idem, page 134.
  • close idem, page 138.
  • concealed idem, page 154.
  • confidential idem, page 158.
  • covert idem, page 180.
  • dark idem, page 195.
  • disappeared idem, page 228.
  • doubtful idem, page 248.
  • dubious idem, page 255.
  • furtive idem, page 351.
  • hidden idem, page 398.
  • hypothetical idem, page 412.
  • impenetrable idem, page 420.
  • inarticulate idem, page 427.
  • indirect idem, page 433.
  • inglorious idem, page 440.
  • inscrutable idem, page 444.
  • invisible idem, page 458.
  • latent idem, page 478.
  • low idem, page 502.
  • mean idem, page 519.
  • missing idem, page 535.
  • misty idem, page 536.
  • mysterious idem, page 549.
  • nameless idem, page 550.
  • nebulous idem, page 553.
  • obscure idem, page 566.
  • occult idem, page 568.
  • problematical idem, page 643.
  • remote idem, page 694.
  • secret idem, page 747.
  • speculative idem, page 800.
  • stealthy idem, page 814.
  • stolen idem, page 819.
  • surreptitious idem, page 844.
  • tacit idem, page 851.
  • uncertain idem, page 909.
  • undecided idem, page 912.
  • unknown idem, page 923.
  • unseen idem, page 931.
  • vague idem, page 942.
  • vanished idem, page 943.