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καταφανής

kataphanes

clearly seen, in sight

Appears 27 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

καταφανής, ές, A. clearly seen, in sight, οὔπω κ. ἦσαν οἱ πολέμιοι X. An. 1.8.8, cf. Eq.Mag. 7.8; ἐν κ. στρατοπεδεύεσθαι in an open place, Id. Cyr. 3.3.28. 2. manifest, evident, κ. ποιέειν τι Hdt. 2.120, cf. Isoc. 11.4, Pl. Grg. 453c, X. Cyr. 1.6.14, etc.; κ. ἐστί τι, γίγνεταί τι Hp. Off. 3: Comp., Pl. Lg. 812a: Sup., Id. Tht. 186e, etc.: freq. c. part., καταφανέες εἰσὶ ἁμαρτάνοντες Hp. VM 1; κ. ἦντῇ βουλῇ αὐτὸς θεὶς τὴν ἱκετηρίαν And. 1.116, cf. Aeschin. 2.39, Isoc. 2.1; κ. ἐγένοντο οὐχ ὅσιοι ὄντες Antipho 5.82, cf. Plb. 7.12.8; καταφανέστερος εἶναι κακουργῶν Th. 5.16; κ. ἐστί τις, ὅτι . . Pl. Plt. 265d, R. 506b; κ. γίγνονται, ὅτι . . X. Oec. 1.20; κ. ποιεῖν τινα Antiph. 235.6. Adv. -νῶς evidently, plainly, Ar. Eq. 943, D. 35.27; καταφανέστερον ἢ ὥστε λανθάνειν too manifestly to escape detection, Th. 8.46.
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