ἀφᾰν-ίζω (aphanizo)

Where it lives

Defense in the Matter of the Olive Stump 12 · 59.26/10k
Against Apaturius 10 · 39.49/10k
Lamentationes 6 · 25.76/10k
Trapeziticus 7 · 21.02/10k
Joel 3 · 19.48/10k
Against Aphobus 1 8 · 17.63/10k
Sophonias 2 · 16.89/10k
Against Aphobus 2 2 · 13.32/10k
Michaeas 3 · 13.17/10k
De Insomniis 3 · 12.57/10k
Osee 4 · 10.61/10k
Habacuc 1 · 9.14/10k

Densest 12 of 99 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀφᾰν-ίζω · aphan-izō — LSJ

make unseen, hide, hush up, lose sight of, do away with, reject, make away with, concealed, suppressed

make unseen, hide, νεφέλη . . ἠφάνισεν ἥλιον X. An. 3.4.8; hush up, ἔργον Pl. Smp. 217e: hence, lose sight of, Eub. 107.18; ἀ. τὸ συμφορώτατον do away with, reject, Hp. VM 21 (v.l. for ἀφαιρέοντας); make away with a person, Hdt. 3.126, X. Mem. 1.2.53, Th. 4.80; μή μʼ ἀφανίσῃ λαβών Men. Epit. 210:—Pass., τὴν γνώμην μηδὲν . . ἀφανισθεῖσαν in no part concealed or suppressed, Th. 7.8.

2 do away with, remove, carry, off from, disappear

do away with, remove, ἄχος S. OC 1712 (lyr.); τινὰ πόλεος carry one off from the city, E. Ph. 1041 (lyr.); Μούσας ἀ. Ar. Nu. 972; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών disappear into the temple, Id. Pl. 741.

3 destroy

destroy, Ἀθήνας X. An. 3.2.11, cf. Plb. 1.81.6, LXX De. 7.2; ὅλως ἀ. ἱερά D. 21.147, cf. Epigr.Gr. 376.8 (Aezani).

4 obliterate, spirit away, get rid of

obliterate writing, Th. 6.54; footsteps, X. Cyn. 5.3, etc.; traces of bloodshed, Antipho 5.45; spirit away a witness, ib. 52; get rid of, δίκην Ar. Nu. 760.

5 secrete, steal

secrete, steal, X. Oec. 14.2.

6 obscure, mar, wipe out, wasting, disguise, artificial disfigurement

obscure, mar oneʼs good name, etc., πατρικὰς ἀρετάς, ἀξίωσιν, δόξαν, Th. 7.69, 2.61: in good sense, ἀ. ἀγαθῷ κακόν wipe out ill deeds by good, ib. 42; δύσκλειαν Id. 3.58; τὰ χρώματα ἀ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, of the wasting effect of grief, Antiph. 98; τρίχα βαφῇ ἀ. disguise it by dyeing, Ael. VH 7.20; ἀ. τὰ πρόσωπα (cf. ἀπρόσωπος), of artificial disfigurement, Ev.Matt. 6.16, cf. LXX Jl. 2.20, Za. 7.14.

b spoil

spoil, οἶνον, ὕδωρ, Sor. 1.90, Gal. 9.645.

7 make away with, conceal the existence of

make away with property, etc., ἀργύριον, ναυτικόν, ἀνθρώπους, Aeschin. 1.101, 3.222, D. 28.12; ἀ. τὴν οὐσίαν Aeschin. 1.103; but, conceal the existence of, ἐργαστήριον, οὐσίαν, D. 27.26,44.

8 drain

drain a cup of wine, Eub. 82.

9

ἀφανίσαι· σκεπάσαι, προνομεῦσαι, Hsch.

II disappear, be missing, buried, lost, disappear, disappeared

Pass., disappear, be missing, Hdt. 4.8, 124, S. Ant. 255; of persons buried by a sand-storm, Hdt. 3.26; or lost at sea, Th. 8.38, X. HG 1.6.33; ἀ. κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης, of islands, Hdt. 7.6; ὑποβρύχιος ἠφ. Plu. Crass. 19; ἀ. ἐκ τῶν Θρηίκων Hdt. 4.95; ἐξ ἀνθρώπων Lys. 2.11; ἀ. εἰς ὕλην disappear into it, X. Cyn. 10.23; καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη was laughed down and disappeared, Th. 3.83.

2 live retired

live retired, X. Ages. 9.1.

In the wild

ἀφανίζων · aphanizōn Aristophanes, Clouds 540 (DIORISIS sentence 426)
ἀφανίσειας · aphaniseias Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 591)
ἀφανίζων · aphanizōn Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 774)
ἠφανίζετο · ēphanizeto Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 442)
ἠφάνισεν · ēphanisen Aristophanes, Plutus 740 (DIORISIS sentence 588)
ἀφανίσαι · aphanisai Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 368)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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