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ἐπιδείκνυμι

epideiknymi

exhibit as a specimen

Appears 123 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἐπιδείκνυμι, ἐπιδεικνύωPPetr. 2p.110 (iii B.C.)), fut. -δείξω: aor. ἐπέδειξα, Ion. ἐπέδεξα Hdt. 2.42:—Α. exhibit as a specimen, Ar. Ach. 765: generally, display, exhibit, βίαν Pi. N. 11.14; τεκμήρια A. Supp. 53 (lyr.), etc.; ἑωυτόν τινι Hdt. 2.42; πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα τινί Id. 3.135, cf. 6.61; ἐ. τὸ στράτευμά τινι parade it before . . , X. An. 1.2.14, cf.Cyr. 5.5.5; of speeches, compositions, etc., ἐπιδειξάτω τῇ βουλῇ he shall exhibit his draft, IG 12.76.60; ἐ. λόγον Ar. Eq. 349; ῥαψῳδίαν Pl. Lg. 658b, cf. Isoc. 2.7 (Pass.); σοφίαν Pl. Euthd. 274a, X. Smp. 3.3. 2. more freq. in Med., show off or display for oneself or what is oneʼs own, μουσικὰν ὀρθὰν ἐ. give a specimen of his art . . , Pi. Fr. 32; ἐμὲ ἐπεδέξατο γυμνήν exhibited me naked, Hdt. 1.11; πάντα τὸν στρατόν showed all his army, Id. 7.146; ἐ. τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον recall Alexander, Plu. Pyrrh. 8; esp. of oneʼs personal qualities, ἐπιδείκνυσθαι τὴν αὑτοῦ δύναμιν And. 4.14; σοφίαν, πονηρίαν, Pl. Phdr. 258a, Isoc. 20.4, cf. X. An. 1.9.16; ἐπιδείξασθαι αὑτὸν ἀβέβηλον Inscr.Prien. 113.66 (i B.C.). b. ἐπίδειξαι . . ἅττʼ ἐδίδασκες give a specimen of . . , Ar. Nu. 935; τὰ γυμνικά POxy. 42.5 (iv A.D.): abs., show off, make a display of oneʼs powers, ἐπεδείκνυτο τοῖς λωποδύταις Ar. Ra. 771; ὃν . . ἐθεάσασθε ἐπιδεικνύμενον giving a display (of fighting in armour), Pl. La. 179e; of a rhetorician lecturing, Id. Phdr. 235a; πολλὰ καὶ καλά Id. Grg. 447a; of epideictic orators, Arist. Rh. 1391b26; of a musician, Ael. VH 9.36: c. part., ἐ. ὑπερθέων Pl. Lg. 648d. II. show, point out, τινὶ τὴν αἰτίαν Id. Phd. 100b, cf. Aeschin. 1.177; τὴν πονηρίαν Pl. Prt. 346a; ἐ. αὐτήν, ἥτις ἐστίν Pl.Com. 173.5; ἐ. τὸν ἀλεκτρυόνʼ ὡς ἐτυράννει show, prove that . . , Ar. Av. 483, cf. Lys. 1.4; ὅτι . . Pl. R. 391e, etc.: c. part., ἐ. πάντα ἐόντα μεγάλα Hdt. 1.30; ἐ. τινὰ φονέα ὄντα show that one is a murderer, v.l. in Antipho 1.3, cf. Th. 3.64 (where perh. ἐπ- ‘as an afterthought’); ἐ. τινὰ δωροδοκήσαντα prove that one took bribes, Ar. Eq. 832 (anap.); ἐπιδείξω σε ταῦτα ὁμολογοῦντα Pl. Euthd. 295a, cf.Chrm. 158d; ψυχὴν ἐ. πρεσβυτέραν οὖσαν τοῦ σώματος Id. Lg. 892c; ἐ. αὑτὸν φοβερὸν (sc. ὄντἀ καὶ μέγα δυνάμενον And. 4.11: c. acc., ἐ. ὅ τι ἂν ἐγκαλῇ ἐναντίον ἀνδρῶν τριῶν PEleph. 1.7 (iv B.C.), etc.:—Pass., ἐπιδείκνυται αὐθέντης (sc. ὤν) Antipho 3.4.9; ἐπεδείχθησαν οὐδὲν βελτίους ὄντες Isoc. 4.145, cf. 18.56; κινδυνεύσεις ἐπιδεῖξαι χρηστὸς εἶναι X. Mem. 2.3.17 (ἐπιδεῖξαι secl. Cobet). 2. Med., τῆς αἰτίας τὸ εἶδος Pl. Phd. 100b; ἔργῳ ἐπεδείκνυτο, ὅτι . . X. An. 1.9.10, cf.Is. 5.30.
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