ἀφανής
Etym. φαίνομαι
1. "unseen, invisible, viewless", of the nether world, Aesch.: χάσμα ἀφ. a "blind" pit, Hdt.; ἡ ἀφ. θεός, of Proserpine, Soph.
2. ἀφ. γίγνεσθαι ῀ ἀφανίζεσθαι, "to disappear, be missing", Hdt., Eur.:— of soldiers "missing" after a battle, Thuc.: cf. ἀφανίζω.
3. "unseen, unnoticed, secret", Solon, Thuc.: —c. part., ἀφ. εἰμι ποιῶν τι I do it "without being noticed", Xen.
4. "unknown, uncertain, obscure", Hdt., attic: of future events, τὸ ἀφανές "uncertainty", Hdt.:—adv. ἀφανῶς, Thuc.; so ἐκ τοῦ ἀφανοῦς as adv., id=Thuc.; and neut. pl. ἀφανῆ, Eur.
5. of persons, "unnoticed, obscure", id=Eur., Thuc.
6. ἀφανὴς οὐσία "personal" property, as money, "which can be made away with", opp. to φανερά "(real)", as land, Oratt.