voiceless; where none may speak
Ancient Greek word, found 10 times in the texts on Socratos.
Plato, Sophist 238: … δυνατὸν ὀρθῶς οὔτʼ εἰπεῖν οὔτε διανοηθῆναι τὸ μὴ ὂν αὐτὸ καθʼ αὑτό, ἀλλʼ ἔστιν ἀδιανόητόν τε καὶ ἄρρητον καὶ ἄφθεγκτον καὶ ἄλογον; παντάπασι μὲν οὖν. ἆρʼ οὖν ἐψευσάμην ἄρτι λέγων τὴν μεγίστην ἀπορίαν ἐρεῖν αὐτοῦ πέρι, τὸ δὲ ἔτι …
Aeschylus, Eumenides 245: ἕπου δὲ μηνυτῆρος ἀφθέγκτου φραδαῖς.
Greek Anthology, Greek Anthology, Ἀνθολογία, Volume II 7.420.5: αὐλοὶ δʼ ἄφθεγκτοι καὶ ἀπευθέες, οἷς ἐνέπνευσε,