ἀφανίζω

ἀφᾰν-ίζω, [dialect] Att. [tense] fut.

A

-ῐῶ X.An.3.2.11

, Pl.Tht.184a: [tense] pf.

ἠφάνικα D.36.18

:—make unseen, hide,

νεφέλη . . ἠφάνισεν ἥλιον X.An.3.4.8

; hush up,

ἔργον Pl.Smp. 217e

: hence, lose sight of, Eub.107.18;

ἀ. τὸ συμφορώτατον

do 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 λαβών Men. Epit.210

:—[voice] Pass., τὴν γνώμην μηδὲν . . ἀφανισθεῖσαν in no part concealed or suppressed, Th.7.8.

2 do away with, remove,

ἄχος S. OC1712

(lyr.); τινὰ πόλεος carry one off from the city, E.Ph.1041 (lyr.);

Μούσας ἀ. Ar.Nu.972

; ἀ. αὑτὸν εἰς τὸν νεών disappear into the temple, Id.Pl.741.

3 destroy,

Ἀθήνας X.An.3.2.11

, cf. Plb.1.81.6, LXXDe.7.2;

ὅλως ἀ. ἱερά D.21.147

, cf. Epigr.Gr.376.8 ([place name] 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,

δίκην Ar.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, ἀ. ἀγαθῷ κακόν wipe out ill deeds by good, ib.42;

δύσκλειαν Id.3.58

; τὰ χρώματα ἀ. ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, of the wasting effect of grief, Antiph.98; τρίχα βαφῇ ἀ. disguise it by dyeing, Ael.VH7.20; ἀ. 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.

7 make away with property, etc., ἀργύριον, ναυτικόν, ἀνθρώπους, Aeschin. 1.101, 3.222, D.28.12;

ἀ. τὴν οὐσίαν Aeschin.1.103

; but, conceal the existence of, ἐργαστήριον, οὐσίαν, D.27.26,44.

8 drain a cup of wine, Eub.82.

9 ἀφανίσαι· σκεπάσαι, προνομεῦσαι, Hsch.

II [voice] 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; ἀ. κατὰ τῆς θαλάσσης, of islands, Hdt.7.6;

ὑποβρύχιος ἠφ. Plu.Crass.19

;

ἀ. ἐκ τῶν Θρηίκων Hdt.4.95

;

ἐξ ἀνθρώπων Lys.2.11

; ἀ. 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.