Aristotle Greek Lexicon φανερός

φανερός

phaneros

visible, manifest

Appears 1,243 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

φανερός, ά, όν, but ός, όν, E. Ba. 991 (lyr.): (φαίνω):—A. visible, manifest, ἡ στήλη ἔχει πάντα φ., i.e. all that is in it can be plainly seen, Hdt. 3.24; φ. ὄμμασιν ἐμοῖς E. Ba. 501; φ. τι δεῖξαι S. Tr. 608 (v.l.); θήσω φανέρʼ ἀθρόʼ Pi. O. 13.98; φ. ποιῆσαι Pl. Lg. 630b, etc.; ἐς φ. ὄψιν βαίνειν E. El. 1236 (anap.); τοὔργον παρέσται φ. S. Ph. 1291; φ. χαρακτὴρ ἀρετᾶς E. HF 658 (lyr.); φ. πηγαί Th. 2.15; ἐσβολαὶ ἐς Αἴγυπτον Hdt. 3.5; φ. ἔχθραν κτήσασθαι Th. 1.42; διαφορὰ φ. ἐγένετο ib. 102; φ. θάνατος, ὄλεθρος, opp. ἀφανής, Antipho 3.3.7, And. 1.53; φ. ὑποψία εἰς ἐμὲ ἰοῦσα Antipho 2.2.6; φ. γενόμενος if detected, Lys. 7.12:— Constr.: φανερός εἰμι c. part., ἀπικόμενοι φανεροί εἰσι they are known to have come, Hdt. 3.26; ἐπισπεύδων φανερὸς ἦν Id. 7.18; ὁ μέν ἐστι φ. ἐκβὰς ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου καὶ οὐκ εἰσβὰς πάλιν Antipho 5.23: folld. by Conj., φανεροὶ γιγνόμενοι ὅτι ποιοῦσιν X. Cyr. 2.2.12; φ. ἦν ὅπως ἐγίγνωσκεν Id. Mem. 1.1.17: impers., φανερόν [ἐστιν] ὅτι . . ib.3.9.2; εἰ φανερὸν γίγνοιτο ὅτι . . Pl. Phd. 70d. 2. shining, illustrious, προεδρίη Xenoph. 2.7; ὁδός Pi. O. 6.73; conspicuous, remarkable, φ. μηδὲν κατεργάζεσθαι Th. 1.17. 3. φ. οὐσία real property, opp. personalty (ἀφανής), Lys. 32.4, Fr. 79, D. 50.8. b. property in possession (opp. in action), And. 1.118, Is. 6.30, D. 38.7. c. in hand, in cash, μηδὲν φανερὸν κεκτῆσθαι to have no cash in hand, Din. 1.70; λαβὼν ἀργύριον φ. καὶ ὁμολογούμενον D. 56.1; πόρος φ. Id. 14.24; φ. οὐσία Id. 27.57; φ. χρήματα Lys. 12.83; φ. ποιεῖν D. 28.4; φανερόν τι a certain sum of money, Sch.Ar. Pl. 330, Sch.Aeschin. 1.102. 4. of votes, φ. ψήφῳ by open vote, opp. κρύβδην (ballot), D. 43.82, cf. Arist. Ath. 68.2; ψῆφον φ. διενεγκεῖν Th. 4.74; τὴν ψῆφον φ. φέρειν Pl. Lg. 767d; φ. ἡ ψῆφος τιθεμένη ib.855d. 5. Adv. -ρῶς openly, manifestly, βουλόμενος φ. Hdt. 9.71; στείχειν A. Pr. 1090 (anap.); οἴχεσθαι S. El. 833 (lyr.); ἀκοῦσαι Ar. Nu. 291 (anap.); ἀποδείκνυσθαι τὴν γνώμην Th. 1.87; φ. ἐρᾶν, opp. λάθρᾳ, Pl. Smp. 182d; τὸ φ. ἐξεῖναι Isoc. 2.3: Comp., φανερώτερον ἐκπολεμεῖν Th. 6.91; -τέρως Arist. PA 657a2: but, b. τὸ φ. freq. with Preps. in advb. sense, ἐκ τοῦ φ. openly, Hdt. 5.96, 8.126; πολέμιος οὐκ ὢν ἐκ τοῦ φ. not openly declared, Th. 4.79; ἐκ τοῦ φ. τὴν μάχην ποιεῖσθαι X. HG 6.5.16; ἐκ τοῦ φ. ἀποφεύγειν Id. Mem. 3.11.8; ἀπὸ τοῦ φ. D.H. 4.4; also ἐν τῷ φ. σαυτὸν παρεῖχες X. Cyr. 7.5.55; ἀκοῦσαι ἐν τῷ φ. Id. An. 1.3.21; βουλεύεσθαι D. 18.235 (rarely ἐν φ. X. Ages. 5.7); ἐς τὸ φ. ἀποδῦναι Th. 1.6; αἱ ἐς τὸ φ. λεγόμεναι αἰτίαι, Id. 1.23; τὸν σῖτον φέρειν ἐς τὸ φ. into public, Id. 3.27, cf. Pl. Grg. 480c, etc.; εἰπεῖν κατὰ τὸ φ. Ar. Th. 525(lyr.); ἐπὶ φανεροῖς ξυνελθεῖν on public, acknowledged terms, Th. 1.69. II. of persons, manifest, conspicuous, εἰ [Διόνυσος καὶ Πὰν] φ. ἐγένοντο ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι Hdt. 2.146; φανερὰ . . ἦλθε κόρα S. OT 507 (lyr.); Κύπρις . . φανερὰ τῶνδ ἐφάνη πράκτωρ Id. Tr. 861 (lyr.); πάντων -ώτατος Βρασίδας ἐγένετο Th. 4.11, cf. X. Cyr. 7.5.58; οἱ -ώτεροι persons of distinction, Philostr. VA 2.20. 2. open, frank, opp. ἐπίβουλος, Arist. EN 1149b15. III. = τις, φ. χρέα certain debts, Mitteis Chr. 71.3 (v A. D.), cf. PMasp. 167.10, 194.5 (vi A. D.), etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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