COMPOUND: ἀμφασίη, -ης (Ep. for ἀφασία)
CATEGORIZATION: N [ἀ+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘speechlessness’
ETYMOLOGY: (ἀμ-=) ἀ- privativum + verbal root φα- (φημί) ‘say, affirm, assert’ + f. noun suf. -σία
OCCURRENCE: Il. XVII, 695
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: ἀ- privativum is not a free word in Greek. ἀμ- est une notation artificielle de l’allongement metríque de ἀ-, cf. Chantraine, Gr. Hom. 1,99