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ἐναργής

enarges

visible, palpable, in bodily shape

Appears 51 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐναργής, ές, A. visible, palpable, in bodily shape, esp. of the gods appearing in their own forms, χαλεποὶ δὲ θεοὶ φαίνεσθαι ἐναργεῖς Il. 20.131; οὐ γάρ πως πάντεσσι θεοὶ φαίνονται ἐναργεῖς Od. 16.161, cf. 3.420, 7.201; freq. of a dream or vision, ἐναργὲς ὄνειρον ἐπέσσυτο 4.841; [ὄναρ] A. Pers. 179, etc.; ὄψιν ἐνυπνίου τῷ ἑωυτοῦ πάθει ἐναργεστάτην most clearly relating to . . , Hdt. 5.55, cf. 7.47; ἐνύπνια Hp. Prorrh. 1.5; ἐ. ταῦρος in visible form a bull, a very bull, S. Tr. 11; ἐ. τινὰ στῆσαι to set him bodily before one, Id. OC 910; ἐ. βλεφάρων ἵμερος desire beaming from the eyes, Id. Ant. 795 (lyr.). b. prominent, ἄρθρα Aret. SD 1.8. 2. manifest to the mindʼs eye, τάδʼ ἀντίπρῳρα δή σοι βλέπειν πάρεστʼ ἐ. S. Tr. 224; λῃστὴς ἐ. the manifest robber, Id. OT 535, cf.Ant. 263; τοῖς ὁρῶσιν ἐ. ἡ ὕβρις φαίνεται D. 21.72. Adv. -γῶς visibly, manifestly, A. Th. 136, S. El. 878; ἐ. ἡ θεός σʼ ἐπισκοπεῖ Ar. Eq. 1173. 3. of words, etc., clear, distinct, ἐ. βάξις ἦλθεν A. Pr. 663; freq. in Prose, ἐ. τεκμήριον, σημεῖον, ἀπόδειξις, etc., Pl. Ion 535c, Ti. 72b (Comp.), D. 18.300, etc.; -εστέρα γνῶσις Pl. Tht. 206b, cf.Epicur. Ep. 3 p.60 U.; ἐναργ-εστάτη αἴσθησις Arist. Pr. 886b35; ἐ. τοῦ πράγματος ἐπίνοια Epicur. Fr. 255; καὶ τοῦτο ἐ. ὄτι . . (for δῆλον ὅτι) Pl. Tht. 150d; ἐναργὲς τοῦτο συμβαλεῖν Ar. V. 50. Adv. -γῶς, Ion. -γέως, λέγειν Hdt. 8.77; παραστῆσαι Acl.Tact. 1.5: Comp.-έστερον, εἰπεῖν, διόψεται, Pl. Ti. 49a, R. 611c: Sup. -έστατα, γνῶναι Id. Alc. 1.132c. II. brilliant, splendid, βωμός Pi. O. 7.42.
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