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φωνή

φωνή, φωνή, sound, voice

φων-ή, ἡ,
  • sound, tone, prop., the sound of the voice, whether of men or animals with lungs and throat (ἡ φωνὴ ψόφος τίς ἐστιν ἐμψύχου Arist. de An. 420b5, cf. 29, HA 535a27, PA 664b1); opp. φθόγγος (v. φθόγγος II):
    • I mostly of human beings, speech, voice, utterance, φ. ἄρρηκτος Il. 2.490; ἀτειρέα φ. 17.555; φ. δέ οἱ αἰθέρʼ ἵκανεν, of Ajax’ battle-cry, 15.686; of the battle-cry of an army, Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν . . φ. δεινὸν ἀϋσάντων 14.400: pl., of the cries of market-people, X. Cyr. 1.2.3; ὁ τόνος τῆς φ. Id. Cyn. 6.20, D. 18.280, Aeschin. 3.209; ὀξεῖα, βαρυτέρα, λεία, τραχεῖα φ., Pl. Ti. 67b; φ. μαλακή Ar. Nu. 979 (anap.); μιαρά, ἀναιδής, Id. Eq. 218, 638: with Verbs, φωνὴν ῥῆξαι Hdt. 1.85, Ar. Nu. 357 (anap.); φ. ἱέναι Hdt. 2.2, 4.23, Pl. Phdr. 259d, etc.; φ. ἥσει E. HF 1295; προΐεσθαι Aeschin. 2.23; ἀρθροῦν X. Mem. 1.4.12; διαρθρώσασθαι Pl. Prt. 322a; ἐντείνασθαι Aeschin. 2.157; φ. ἐπαρεῖ D. 19.336; φωνῇ with his voice, aloud, Il. 3.161, Pi. P. 9.29; εἶπε τῇ φωνῇ τὰ ἀπόρρητα Lys. 6.51; διὰ ζώσης φωνῆς Anon. Geog.Epit. 1 p.488 M.; μιᾷ φ. with one voice, Luc. Nigr. 14; ἀπὸ φωνῆς, c. gen., dictated by . ., Choerob. in Thd. 1.103 tit., Marin. in Euc.Dat. p.234 M., Olymp. in Grg. p.1 N., Pall. in Hp. 2.1 D.: pl., αἱ φ. the notes of the voice, Pl. Grg. 474e; σχήμασι καὶ φωναῖς Arist. Rh. 1306a32: prov., φωνῇ ὁρᾶν, of a blind man, S. OC 138 (anap.); πᾶσαν, τὸ λεγόμενον, φ. ἱέντα, i.e. using every effort, Pl. Lg. 890d, cf. Euthd. 293a; πάσας ἀφιέναι φωνάς Id. R. 475a, D. 18.195; φωνὰς ἀπρεπεῖς προΐεντο PTeb. 802.15 (ii B. C.).
      • 2 the cry of animals, as of swine, dogs, oxen, Od. 10.239, 12.86, 396; of asses, Hdt. 4.129; of the nightingale, song, Od. 19.521; ἄνθρωπος πολλὰς φωνὰς ἀφίησι, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα μίαν Arist. Pr. 895a4.
      • 3 any articulate sound, opp. inarticulate noise (ψόφος), φ. κωκυμάτων S. Ant. 1206; ὥσπερ φωνῆς οὔσης κατὰ τὸν ἀέρα πολλάκις καὶ λόγου ἐν τῇ φωνῇ Plot. 6.4.12: στοιχεῖόν ἐστι φ. ἀδιαίρετος Arist. Po. 1456b22; also esp. of vowel-sound, opp. to that of consonants, Pl. Tht. 203b, Arist. HA 535a32; in literary criticism, of sound, opp. meaning, Phld. Po. 5.20 (pl.), 21.
      • 4 of sounds made by inanimate objects, mostly Poet., κερκίδος φ. S. Fr. 595; συρίγγων E. Tr. 127 (lyr.); αὐλῶν Mnesim. 4.56 (anap.); rare in early Prose, ὀργάνων φωναί Pl. R. 397a; freq. in LXX, ἡ φ. τῆς σάλπιγγος LXX Ex. 20.18; φ. βροντῆς ib. Ps. 103(104).7; ἡ φ. αὐτοῦ ὡς φ. ὑδάτων πολλῶν Apoc. 1.15.
      • 5 generally, sound, defined as ἀὴρ πεπληγμένος, πληγὴ ἀέρος, Zeno Stoic. 1.21, Chrysipp. ib. 2.43.
    • II faculty of speech, discourse, εἰ φωνὴν λάβοι S. El. 548; παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά Id. OC 1283.
      • 2 language, Hdt. 4.114, 117; φ. ἀνθρωπηΐη Id. 2.55; ἀγνῶτα φ. βάρβαρον A. Ag. 1051; φωνὴν ἥσομεν Παρνησίδα Id. Ch. 563, cf. E. Or. 1397 (lyr.), Th. 6.5, 7.57, X. Cyn. 2.3, Pl. Ap. 17d, etc.; τῶν βαρβάρων πρὶν μαθεῖν τὴν φ. Id. Tht. 163b; κατὰ τὴν Ἀττικὴν τὴν παλαιὰν φ. Id. Cra. 398d, cf. 409e.
    • III phrase, saying, τὴν Σιμωνίδου φ. Id. Prt. 341b; ἡ τοῦ Σωκράτους φ. Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.106b, cf. Alex. fort. 330f, etc.; of formulae, στοιχειώματα καὶ φ. Epicur. Ep. 1 p.4 U., cf. Sent.Vat. 41 (= Metrod. Fr. 59); αἱ σκεπτικαὶ φ. S.E. P. 1.14, cf. Jul. Or. 5.162b, etc.
    • IV report, rumour, LXX Ge. 45.16.
        • b message, Sammelb. 7252.21 (iii/iv A. D.).
    • V loud talk, bragging, Epicur. Sent.Vat. 45.

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