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ἐπίδειξις

epideixis

showing forth, making known

Appears 16 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπίδειξις, Ion. ἐπίδεξις, εως, ἡ, A. showing forth, making known, τοῦτο ἐς ἐ. ἀνθρώπων ἀπίκετο became notorious, Hdt. 2.46. 2. exhibition, display, demonstration, τῆς δυνάμεως Th. 6.31; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι, of a military demonstration, Id. 3.16; ἓν τοῦτʼ ἦν τῆς ἐ. showing off, Pl. Grg. 447c: generally, ἐ. ποιήσασθαι ᾗ . . exhibit how . . , Id. Phd. 99d; ἐλθεῖν εἰς ἐπίδειξίν τινι come to display oneself to one, Ar. Nu. 269; ἡ ἐ. (sc. τοῦ κάλλους) X. Mem. 3.11.2; ἐ. ποιήσασθαι τῆς σοφίας Arist. Pol. 1259a19. 3. esp. λόγων ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι D. 18.280: abs., set speech, declamation, Th. 3.42; ἐ. ποιήσασθαι Pl. Grg. 447c, cf. Isoc. 4.17, 5.17: pl., SIG 577.53 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.), 775.3 (Delph., i B.C.). b. name of a trireme at Athens, IG 22.1623.144. 4. proof, Men. 161.2 (pl.), PTaur. 1.1 vii 7 (pl., ii B.C.), etc. II. example, ἐπίδειξις Ἑλλάδι an example to Greece, E. Ph. 871; ἐπίδειξιν ποιεῖσθαί τινι ὡς . . give a sign or proof that . . , Aeschin. 1.47.
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