A.voiceless, dumb, Thgn.669, Hdt.1.85, D.18.191; “ῥήτωρ” Antiph.196.14; “κακὸν ἄ.” Com.Adesp.8 D.; stronger than ἄναυδος (q.v.), Hp.Epid. 3.17.“γ́; εἴδωλα” 1 Ep.Cor.12.2; unable to speak, of a child, Sapph.118: c.gen., ἄ. τῆσδε τῆς ἀρᾶς unable to utter it, S.OC865. Adv.-νωςib.131 (lyr.): neut. pl. as Adv., ἄφωνα σημανοῦσιν . . ὡς . . A.Pers.819.
2. with a poor voice, “τραγῳδός” D.T.631.21.
3. intestate, Tab.Heracl.1.151.
4. ἄφωνα (sc. γράμματα, στοιχεῖα) consonants, ἄ. καὶ φωνοῦντα (fort. ἄ. φωνήεντα) E.Fr.578.2; “τοῖς ἄλλοις φωνήεσί τε καὶ ἄ.” Pl.Cra.393e; “τὸ σῖγμα τῶν ἀ. ἐστί” Id.Tht.203b: but esp. of mutes, “τὰ ἄφθογγα καὶ ἄ.” Id.Phlb.18c, cf. Cra.424c; opp. ἡμίφωνα, Arist. Po.1456b28, cf. Phld.Po.2.16, Herc.994.28, D.H.Comp.14, D.T.631.20, S.E.M.1.102.