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ἀφα^ν-ίζω , Att. fut.
A.-ι^ῶX.An.3.2.11, Pl.Tht.184a: pf. “ἠφάνικαD.36.18:—make unseen, hide,νεφέλη . . ἠφάνισεν ἥλιονX.An.3.4.8; hush up,ἔργονPl.Smp. 217e: hence, lose sight of, Eub.107.18; “. τὸ συμφορώτατονdo away with, reject, Hp.VM21 (v.l. for ἀφαιρέοντας); make away with a person, Hdt.3.126, X.Mem.1.2.53, Th.4.80; “μή μ᾽ ἀφανίσῃ λαβώνMen. Epit.210:—Pass., τὴν γνώμην μηδὲν . . ἀφανισθεῖσαν in no part concealed or suppressed, Th.7.8.
2. do away with, remove,ἄχοςS. OC1712 (lyr.); τινὰ πόλεος carry one off from the city, E.Ph.1041 (lyr.); “Μούσας .Ar.Nu.972; . αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών disappear into the temple, Id.Pl.741.
3. destroy,ἈθήναςX.An.3.2.11, cf. Plb.1.81.6, LXXDe.7.2; “ὅλως . ἱεράD.21.147, cf. Epigr.Gr.376.8 (Aezani).
4. 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,δίκηνAr.Nu.760.
5. secrete, steal, X.Oec.14.2.
6. obscure, mar one's good name, etc., πατρικὰς ἀρετάς, ἀξίωσιν, δόξαν, Th.7.69, 2.61: in good sense, . ἀγαθῷ κακόν wipe out ill deeds by good, ib.42; “δύσκλειανId.3.58; τὰ χρώματα . ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, of the wasting effect of grief, Antiph.98; τρίχα βαφῇ . disguise it by dyeing, Ael.VH7.20; . τὰ πρόσωπα (cf. ἀπρόσωπος), of artificial disfigurement, Ev.Matt.6.16, cf. LXXJl.2.20, Za.7.14.
b. spoil, οἶνον, ὕδωρ, Sor.1.90, Gal.9.645.
8. drain a cup of wine, Eub.82.
II. 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.HG1.6.33; . κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης, of islands, Hdt.7.6; “ὑποβρύχιος ἠφ.Plu.Crass.19; “. ἐκ τῶν ΘρηίκωνHdt.4.95; “ἐξ ἀνθρώπωνLys.2.11; . εἰς ὕλην disappear into it, X.Cyn.10.23; καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη was laughed down and disappeared, Th.3.83.
2. live retired, X.Ages.9.1.
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