φθέγγομαι,
Od. 10.228, etc.: fut. φθέγξομαι Il. 21.341: aor. ἐφθεγξάμην, and poet. φθεγξάμην 18.218, Pi. O. 6.14: pf. ἔφθεγμαι, 2 sg. ἔφθεγξαι Pl. Lg. 830c, 3 sg. ἔφθεγκται (trans.) Arist. APo. 77a2, (Pass.) Id. Cael. 279a23: - utter a sound or voice, esp. speak loud and clear, freq. in Hom., φθεγξάμενος παρὰ νηός Il. 11.603, cf. 10.67, al., Pl. R. 336b (properly of all animals that have lungs, Arist. HA 535a30):
I of the human voice, ἀνθρωπηΐῃ φωνῇ φ. Hdt. 2.57; ἀπὸ γλώσσας Pi. l.c.; διὰ τοῦ στόματος Pl. Sph. 238b; [ ψυχῆς] φθεγξαμένης ἀΐων Xenoph. 7.5; φθεγξαμένου τευ ἢ αὐδήσαντος Od. 9.497; with a part. expressing the kind of cry, φθέγξομ’ ἐγὼν ἰάχουσα Il. 21.341; τοὶ δ’ ἐφθέγγοντο καλεῦντες Od. 10.229, cf. 12.249; so σφοδρῷ τῷ πνεύματι φ. Archyt. 1; φ. μετὰ βοῆς Pl. Lg. 791e, etc.; μέγιστον ἁπάντων D. 19.206; καλὸν καὶ μέγα ib.216, cf. 337; ἐλεύθερον καὶ μέγα Pl. Grg. 485e; also of weak, small voice, φθεγξάμενος ὀλίγῃ ὀπί Od. 14.492; τυτθὸν φθεγξαμένη Il. 24.170; of the battle-cry, X. An. 1.8.18; of the recitative of the chorus, Id. Oec. 8.3; οὐκέτι πόρρω διθυράμβων φ. Pl. Phdr. 238d; οὐδ’ ἂν φθέγξασθαι δυνηθείη would not be able to utter a syllable, Isoc. 15.192, cf. Pl. R. 368c; opp. silence, X. Mem. 4.2.6; εἶτα σὺ φθέγγει..; open your mouth.. ? D. 18.283; of children just born, Arist. HA 587a27: - Constr.: - c. acc. cogn., utter, ἔπος Hdt. 5.106; ἀγέλαστα Heraclit. 92; ὀδυρμοὺς καὶ γόους ἀνωφελεῖς A. Pr. 34; καίρια S. Ph. 862 (lyr.); ἀράς, λόγους, βλασφημίαν, E. Ph. 475, Med. 1307, Ion 1189; ῥῆμα μοχθηρόν SIG 1175.19 (Piraeus, Tab. Defix., iv/iii B. C.); τἀληθῆ Pl. Phlb. 49b; ὑπέρογκα ματαιότητος φ. [2Pe 2:18]: the pers. addressed added with a Pr, φ. εἰς ἡμᾶς E. Ph. l.c.; πρός τινα Pl. Ion 534d; later τισί, Plu. Crass. 27; φ. τι περί τινος Isoc. 10.13; τὸ φθεγγόμενον, abs., that which uttered the sound, Hdt. 8.65.
2. of animals, as a horse, neigh, whinny, Id. 3.84, 85; of an eagle, scream, X. An. 6.1.23; of a raven, croak, Thphr. Sign. 16; of a fawn, cry, Theoc. 13.62; of birds, opp. ἄφωνοί εἰσι, Arist. HA 618a5; ἐν τῷ θέρει ᾄδει [κόττυφος], τοῦ χειμῶνος.. φ. θορυβῶδες ib. 632b17; of worms, φ. οἷον τριγμόν Thphr. CP 5.10.5; of certain fish, Arist. Fr. 300, Opp. H. 1.135.
3. of inanimate things, of a door, creak, Ar. Pl. 1099; of thunder, X. Cyr. 7.1.3; of trumpets, Id. An. 4.2.7, 5.2.14; of the flute, Id. Smp. 6.3, Thgn. 532; of the lyre, φόρμιγξ φ. ἱρὸν μέλος Id. 761, cf. Arist. Metaph. 1019b15; of an earthen pot, εἴτε ὑγιὲς εἴτε σαθρὸν φ. whether it rings sound or cracked, Pl. Tht. 179d; φ. παλάμῃσι to clap with the hands, Nonn. D. 5.106, cf. AP 9.505.17 (dub.).
II = ὀνομάζω, to name, call by name, Pl. R. 527a, Phlb. 25c, 34a; τῷ πλέγματι τούτῳ τὸ ὄνομα ἐφθεγξάμεθα λόγον gave it the name of λόγος, Id. Sph. 262d; φ. εἴδωλον ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ὡς ἓν ὄν ib. 240a; φ. γιγνόμενα speak of things as coming into existence, Id. Tht. 157b; καὶ τὸν κύλλαστιν φθέγγου use the word κ., Ar. Fr. 257; also τῇ δυνάμει ταὐτὸν φ. have the same meaning, Pl. Cra. 394c.
III c. acc. pers., sing, or celebrate one aloud, Pi. O. 1.36; also, tell of, recount, θεῶν ἔργα Xenoph. 12.1.
G5350 — φθέγγομαι
1 aorist participle φθεγξάμενος; (φέγγος (but cf. Vanicek, p. 1176), ΦΑΩ); deponent middle; from Homer down;
1. to give out a sound, noise, or cry; used by the Greeks of any sort of sound or voice, whether of man or animal or inanimate object — as of thunder, musical instruments, etc.; (φθέγγεσθαι denotes sound in its relation to the hearer rather than to its cause; the μέγα λαλῶν is a braggart, the μέγα φθεγγόμενος. is a lofty orator; Schmidt, Syn., chapter 1 § 53).
2. to proclaim; to speak, utter: [Act 4:18]; ὑπέρογκα, [2Pe 2:18] (ἄδικα, Wis. 1:8); ὑποζύγιον, ἄφωνον ἐν ἀνθρωπίνῃ φωνή φθεγξάμενον, [2Pe 2:16]. (Compare: ἀποφθέγγομαι.)