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διαφανής

diaphanes

translucent, transparent

Appears 43 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διαφανής, ές, (φαίνω) A. translucent, transparent, [ὕαλος] Ar. Nu. 767; οὖρα Hp. Aph. 4.72, Epid. 1.26.βʹ; ὦτα Id. Coac. 188; ὑδάτια Pl. Phdr. 229b; χιτώνια Ar. Lys. 48; χιτωνάριον Men. 727, cf. IG 5(1).1390.16,21; τὸ δ. Arist. de An. 418b4,al. 2. red-hot, Hdt. 2.9, 4.73, 75, Hp. Art. 11. II. metaph., manifest, τάδʼ ἤδη διαφανῆ S. OT 754; distinct, distinctly seen, φλέβες Hp. Epid. 6.3.17; εἶδος δ. Pl. R. 544c, 548c (Sup.). Adv. -νῶς Th. 2.65, X. An. 6.1.24: Sup. -έστατα D.C. 37.46. 2. conspicuous, ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις Pl. R. 600b; εἰς ἅπαντας ἀνθρώπους ἀρετῇ Id. Ti. 25b. III. Subst. δ., τό, talc, Gal. 13.663, Orib. Fr. 99.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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