Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.produce a sound or tone:

I. prop. of men, speak loud or clearly, or simply, speak, give utterance, Hom. only in aor. (pres. and impf. only in compds.); “ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας ἀπέβη” Il.6.116, cf. 11.531, al.; “ἔπος φάτο φώνησέν τε” Od.4.370; “φωνήσας προσέφη” Il.14.41; καί μιν φωνήσας ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα addressed him with a loud voice in winged words, 1.201, cf. 4.284, al.; “φωνοῦντος ἢ ἠχοῦντος ἢ ψοφοῦντος” Epicur.Ep.1p.13U.; folld. by the words spoken, φώνησε （φώνασε codd.) “δ᾽, "εὕδεις, βασιλεῦ"” Pi.O.13.67; “χρυσοῖς δὲ φωνεῖ γράμμασιν, "πρήσω πόλιν"” A.Th.434, cf. Ag.1334 (anap.); οἱ βουλευταὶ ἐφώνησαν . . the Senators exclaimed . . , POxy. 2110.6 (iv A. D.); "βέκος" φ. utter the word βέκος, Hdt.2.2: c. acc. cogn., ὄπα φωνησάσης having made her voice sound, Od.24.535; “φ. φάτιν” S.El.329: with neut. Adj., φ. μέγιστον ἀνθρώπων to have the loudest voice, Hdt.4.141, 7.117; “ὄρθιον φ.” Pi.N.10.76; “ἄλλο τι φ.” A.Pr. 1063 (anap.); “τάδε φ.” Id.Ch.314 (anap.); “μέγα φ.” Id.Eu.936 (anap.), S.Ph.574; “ἄπυστα φ.” Id.OC489; “ὅσια φ.” Id.Ph.662; δεινὸν φ. ib. 1225; “εὔφημα” Id.Aj.362, 591, E.IT687, etc.; “μηδεὶς ἔπος φωνείτω” IG22.1368.108; “τὸν ῥηϊδίως φωνεῦντα πᾶν ἔπος” Anaxarch.1: abs., cry aloud, as in joy, S.Tr.202; of a singer, “ἀοιδὸς . . αἰόλα φωνέων” Theoc.16.44:—Pass., τὰ φωνηθέντα sounds or words uttered, Pl.Sph. 262c, Ti.72a, cf. Longin.39.4.

2. of animals, utter their cries, Arist. HA578a32; of birds, ib.593a14; [τὰ σελάχη] φωνεῖν οὐκ ὀρθῶς ἔχει φάναι, ψοφεῖν δέ ib.535b25; “ἐφώνησε πέρδιξ” LXXJe.17.11; of the cock, crow, Ev.Matt.26.34, al.

3. as law-term, affirm, testify in court, Leg.Gort.1.18, al. (written πωνίω).

4. of a musical instrument, sound, E.Or.146 (lyr.); of sounds, ἡδὺ φωνεῖν sound sweetly, Plu.2.1021b; but βροντὴ φ. it has a voice, is significant, X.Ap.12.

5. ἄφωνα καὶ φωνοῦντα consonants and vowels, E.Fr.578 codd. Stob. (fort. ἄφωνα φωνήεντα).

II. c. acc. pers., call by name, call, Αἴαντα φωνῶ I call 'Ajax' S.Aj.73, cf. Ph.229, Ev.Matt.27.47, etc.; call by a name, “ὑμεῖς φωνεῖτέ με "ὁ διδάσκαλος"” Ev.Jo.13.13:—Pass., to be called, “τὰ ἀρχαῖα ἐκπώματα κισσύβια φωνέεται” Nic.Fr.1.

2. φ. τινα c. inf., command, “σὲ φωνῶ νεκρὸν . . μὴ συγκομίζειν” S.Aj.1047.

3. invite, “τοὺς φίλους” Ev.Luc.14.12.

4. c. dat. pers., call to, cry to, “Ζεῦ ἄνα, σοὶ φωνῶ” S.OC1485 (lyr.), cf. OT1121; “ἕρποντι φωνεῖς” Id.Aj. 543.

III. c. acc. rei, speak or tell of, “προσβολὰς Ἐρινύων” A.Ch. 283; ὁδοῦ τέλος . . οἷον οὐδὲ φωνῆσαί τινι ἔξεσθ᾽ tell to any one, S.OC 1402; φ. τὸ Ἐπιχάρμειον recite it, Pl.Ax.366c.