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ἀναφαίνω

anaphaino

cause to give light, make to blaze up

Appears 42 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀναφαίνω, poet. ἀμφ-: fut. -φᾰνῶ, but -φᾱνῶ E. Ba. 528 codd. (-φαίνω Herm.): aor. ἀνέφηνα, Hellenistic -έφᾱνα: pf. -πέφηνα late, Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 3:—A. cause to give light, make to blaze up, ξύλα, δαΐδας Od. 18.310. 2. bring to light, produce, ὄφιας Hdt. 4. 105. b. show forth, make known, display, θεοπροπίας, ἀρετήν, ἐπεσβολίας, Il. 1.87, 20.411, Od. 4.159; πραπίδων καρπόν Pi. Fr. 211; κἀνέφηνεν οὐ δεδειγμένα S. Fr. 432.7; ἀ. θυσίας E. IT 466; ὀργάν Id. Ba. 538; ἄστρα X. Mem. 4.3.4; ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἡλίῳ . . χάριν οἶδα ὅτι μοι Κλεινίαν ἀ. Id. Smp. 4.12; rarely of sound, βοὰν ἀμφ. send forth a loud cry, A. Supp. 829; ἀ. μελέων νόμους Ar. Av. 745:—in Med., νίκαν ἀνεφάνατο Pi. I. 4(3).71. 3. proclaim, declare, βασιλέα ἀ. τινά Id. P. 4.62; νικάσαις ἀνέφανε Κυράναν ib.9.73, cf. N. 9.12: c. part., τοὺς πολίτας ἀγαθοὺς ὄντας ἀ. Pl. Criti. 108c: c. inf., ἀναφαίνω σε τόδε . . ὀνομάζειν I proclaim that they call thee by this name, E. Ba. 528:—Med., in Dor. form ἀμφ-, adopt as oneʼs son, Leg.Gort. 10.34, al. b. of things, appoint, institute, ὃς τελετὰς ἀνέφηνε καὶ ὄργια IG 3.713, cf. Marm.Par. 28; νῆσον ἀ. τινὶ οἰκεῖν Philostr. Her. 19.16. 4. ἀναφάναντες τὴν Κύπρον having sighted . ., Act.Ap. 21.3. II. Pass., fut. ἀναφᾰνήσομαι Ar. Eq. 950, Pl. Prm. 132a, al.; but also -φανοῦμαι Id. Plt. 289c: pf. ἀναπέφασμαι, but -πέφηνα Hdt. (v. infr.), etc.: aor. ἀνεφᾰνην Ar. V. 124:—to be shown forth, appear plainly, ἀναφαίνεται ἀστήρ Il. 11.62; ἀ. αἰπὺς ὄλεθρος ib.174; τῇ δεκάτῃ . . ἀνεφαίνετο πατρὶς ἄρουρα Od. 10.29; τὸ Δέλτα ἐστὶ νεωστὶ ἀναπεφηνός Hdt. 2.15, cf. S. OC 1222 (lyr.), etc.; ἀ. ὁ βλάπτων A. Ch. 328. b. reappear, Hdt. 4.195; of rivers which flow underground, Id. 6.76, 7.30; simply, spring up, ib.198. 2. ἀναφανῆναι μούναρχος to be declared king, Id. 3.82; στρατηγὸς ἀ. Pl. Ion 541e; κλέπτης τις ὁ δίκαιος . . ἀναπέφανται proved to be . ., Id. R. 334a, cf. Smp. 185a; ἀ. λογογράφος ἐκ τριηράρχου from a sea-captain to come out a romancer, Aeschin. 3.173:—also c. part., ἀναπέφανται ὢν ἀγαθός Pl. R. 350c; ἀναφαίνεσθαι ἔχων, σεσωσμένοι, to be seen or found to have, to be plainly in safety, etc., Id. Sph. 233c, X. Cyr. 3.2.15, etc. III. the Act. intr. in later Greek, ἀνέφαινεν ἕσπερος Musae. 111 (v.l.), cf. Hld. 5.22:—ἀναφῆναι is prob.f.l. for ἀναφανῆναι in Hdt. 1.165.
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