διαφαίνω
diaphaino
show through, let
Appears 19 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
διαφαίνω, A. show through, let a thing be seen through, τὴν λευκότητα δ. GA 735b20; Ἀὼς καλὸν διέφαινε πρόσωπον 18.26; δ. τὰς ἑαυτῶν φύσεις 12.24.1. 2. allow light to pass, Aut. 27.1. 3. convey (to the reader), κατασκευήν Po. 2.35. II. Pass., show through, νεκύων δ. χῶρος showed clear of dead bodies, Il. 8.491; to be seen through a transparent substance, 3.24; μέλαν τὸ μὴ διαφαινόμενον impervious to light, GA 780a34, cf.Pr. 936a8; λίθος διαφαινόμενος transparent stone, 82. 2. to glow, to be red-hot, μοχλὸς διεφαίνετο αἰνῶς Od. 9.379. 3. metaph., to be proved, show itself, ἐν πείρα τέλος -εται N. 3.71, cf. 2.51; to be conspicuous, δυνάμει ταῦτα μέγιστα διεφάνη 1.18; stand out, excel, πάνθʼ ἁπλῶς ἂ διαφαίνεται prob. in Po. 5.4. III. intr., show light through, to be transparent, ἱμάτια -οντα 81; dawn, ἡμέρης -ούσης 7.219, cf. 8.83: metaph., shine through, τὸ μεγαλοπρεπὲς διὰ τοῦ προσώπου διαφαίνει Mem. 3.10.5. 2. πυρὰ διέφᾱνε (Dor. aor. 1) the pyre parted its flames, so as to allow a passage, P. 3.44 (v.l. -φαινε).
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