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ἐκφαίνω

ekphaino

bring to light, reveal

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐκφαίνω, fut. -φᾰνῶ, Ion. -φανέω in Luc. Syr.D. 32: aor. ἐξέφηνα, Dor. -έφᾱνα Pi. N. 4.68:—Pass., Ep.aor. 1 -εφαάνθην Il. 13.278. I. of persons, bring to light, reveal, σήμερον ἄνδρα φόωσδε . . Εἰλείθυια ἐκφανεῖ 19.104; ἐ. τινά produce him, Hdt. 3.36; εἰ μὴ τὸν αὐτόχειρα . . ἐκφανεῖτʼ ἐς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐμούς S. Ant. 307, cf. OT 329: c. part., ἐ. σεωυτὸν ἐόντα τοῦ πατρὸς οὐδὲν ἥσσω Hdt. 3.71; κακοὺς θνητῶν ἐξέφηνε . . χρόνος E. Hipp. 428:—Pass., οὕνεκʼ Ἀχιλλεὺς ἐξεφάνη showed himself, came forth to view, Il. 19.46, cf. Od. 10.260, al.; Χαρύβδιος ἐξεφαάνθη he came up from out Charybdis, 12.441; ὅ τε δειλὸς ἀνὴρ ὅς τʼ ἄλκιμος ἐξεφαάνθη is revealed, Il. 13.278; δίκαιοι δʼ αὖθις [ὄντες] ἐκφανούμεθα S. Ph. 82; σὺ μὲν . . ἐκφανεῖ κακή Id. OT 1063; ἕκτον ἦμαρ ἐκπεφασμένος Id. Ichn. 273. 2. inform against, τινά Cod.Just. 1.5.16.5. II. of things, bring to light, δῶρα καὶ κράτος ἐγγενές Pi. N. 4.68; disclose, reveal, τινὶ ἄρρητα ἱρά Hdt. 6.135,al. (so abs., ὡς τὸ μαντεῖον ἐξέφηνεν . . ἐμοί S. OT 243); ἐ. ἑωυτοῦ γνώμην Hdt. 5.36; τὴν αἰτίην Id. 6.3; τὴν ἀληθείην Id. 1.117; λόγον E. Hipp. 881; ἐ. ἐς φάος κακά ib.368; δειλίαν Pl. Mx. 246e:—Pass., with fut. Med., shine out, οἱ ὄσσε δεινὸν ὑπὸ βλεφάρων, ὡς εἰ σέλας, ἐξεφάανθεν Il. 19.17; appear plainly, πλευρὰ παρʼ ἀσπίδος ἐξεφαάνθη 4.468, cf. Diog.Apoll. 6; ἀστέρων ἐκφανέντων Th. 2.28, cf. Phld. Sign. 10: metaph., ταὶ Διωνύσου πόθεν ἐξέφᾰνεν (for -ησαν) χάριτες; Pi. O. 13.18; ἐκφανήσεται it shall be disclosed, E. Hipp. 42, cf. Pl. Hp.Ma. 295a; ἕως ἂν ἡμῖν ἐκφανῆτον ἐφʼ ᾧ αὐτὼ σπουδάζετον Id. Euthd. 288c. 2. exhibit, κακότητα ἔς τινα Hdt. 5.92.ηʹ. 3. ἐ. πόλεμον πρός τινα to declare . ., X. An. 3.1.16.
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