A.speechlessness, caused by fear or perplexity, “ἔκπληξιν ἡμῖν ἀφασίαν τε προστιθεῖς” E.Hel.549; “ἀ. μ᾽ ἔχει” Id.IA837, cf. Ar. Th.904; “ἀ. ἡμᾶς λαμβάνει τί ποτε χρὴ λέγειν” Pl.Lg.636e; “εἰς ἀ. τινὰ ἐμβάλλειν” Id.Phlb.21d; εἰς ἀ. ἐμβάλλειν πράγματος inability to say anything about it, S.E.P.2.211, cf. Dam.Pr.7.
ἀφα?̓σία , ἡ, (ἄφατος)