διαφανής

diaphanes

translucent, transparent

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Timaeus 5
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60c6
67d5
25b6
60a4
67a3
Laws 3
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Book I 2
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634c1
630a3
Book VII 1
Chapter ?

802a4
Epinomis 1
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990d4
Phaedrus 1
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229b8
Republic 1
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Book VIII 1
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548c5

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.

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