ἀφἀσία

A. speechlessness, caused by fear or perplexity, ἔκπληξιν ἡμῖν ἀφασίαν τε προστιθεῖς E. Hel. 549; ἀ. μ’ ἔχει Id. IA 837, cf. Ar. Th. 904; ἀ. ἡμᾶς λαμβάνει τί ποτε χρὴ λέγειν Pl. Lg. 636e; εἰς ἀ. τινὰ ἐμβάλλειν Id. Phlb. 21d; εἰς ἀ. ἐμβάλλειν πράγματος inability to say anything about it, S.E. P. 2.211, cf. Dam. Pr. 7.