φωνή
Alt. φωνή, ἡ,
Etym. φάω
I. "a sound, tone", properly "the sound of the voice", mostly of men, Lat. vox, Hom., etc.; of "a battlecry", Xen.; φωνὴν ῥηγνύναι, Virgil's "rumpere vocem", to utter "an articulate sound", Hdt., Ar.; φ. ἱέναι, Lat. vocem edere, Hdt., etc.: pl. αἱ φ. "the tones of the voice", Plat.:—proverb., φωνῇ ὁρᾶν, of a blind man, Soph.
2. "the voice or cry" of animals, Od., Hdt., etc.
3. "any articulate sound", as opp. to inarticulate (ψόφος), Soph., etc.
4. of sounds from inanimate objects, φ. συρίγγων Eur.; ὀργάνων Plat.
II. "the faculty of speech, discourse", Lat. sermo, Soph.
2. "language", Lat. lingua, Hdt.
3. "a kind of language, dialect", Aesch., Thuc., etc.
III. "a phrase, saying", τὴν Σιμωνίδου φ. Plat.