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μηνύω

menyo

disclose what is secret, reveal

Appears 43 times across Plato's dialogues.

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μηνύω (v. fin.), Dor. μᾱν- B. Fr. 10, SIG 417.7 (Delph., iii B. C.): fut. -ύσω Hdt. 2.121.γʹ, etc.: aor. ἐμήνῡσα h.Merc. 264, And. 1.26, etc.: pf. μεμήνῡκα ib.22, Pl. Ti. 48b, Men. Pk. 28:—Pass., pf. μεμήνῡται And. 1.10, Th. 1.20: aor. ἐμηνύθην E. Ion 1563, Pl. Criti. 108e: fut. μηνυθήσομαι Gal. UP 5.15:—A. disclose what is secret, reveal: generally, make known, declare, μ. τινί τι h.Merc. 254, Pi. N. 9.4, Hdt. 1.23; τι S. OT 102, 1384, etc.; τί μηνύεις νέον; E. Ba. 1029; τὸ πρᾶγμʼ οὐ μεμήνυκʼ Men. l.c.; τοὺς ἑτερογνάθους μ. ἡ πέδη indicates, betrays them, X. Eq. 3.5; Λυδία λίθος μανύει χρυσόν B. l.c.:—Pass., κατὰ τὸ μεμηνυμένον Phld. Acad. Ind.p.81 M. 2. c. acc. et part., πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα μ. τινὰ ἔχοντα show that he has, Hdt. 2.121.γʹ; ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς ἀποθανόντα τινὰ μ. Antipho 2.1.5; γεγονὼς ἐμηνύθη πόλεμος Pl. Criti. l.c.: the part. is sts. omitted, τόδʼ ἔργον . . σε μηνύει κακόν (sc. ὄντα) E. Hipp. 1077: c. acc. et inf., [ποιηταὶ] ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν μ. Pl. R. 366b; also ἡ ἐπιστήμη μ. ὡς . . ἑπομένης τῆς ψυχῆς gives indication of the soul as following, Id. Cra. 412a. 3. folld. by an interrog. or Conj., μήνυσον αὐτοῖς τίς ἐστιν Id. Ap. 24d; ἀλλά μοι μηνύσατε εἰ . . inform me whether . . , Ar. Ach. 206; μ. ὅτι . . Arist. EN 1101b29. 4. abs., ὡς ὁ ἔμπροσθεν μεμήνυκεν ἡμῖν λόγος Pl. Phdr. 277c, cf. Phlb. 19b. II. at Athens, inform, lay information against another, κατά τινος And. 1.20, Lys. 6.23; τινας Docum. ap. And. 1.13; ταῦτα And.ibid.; περὶ τῶν μυστηρίων ib.19; μ. τι κατά τινος Th. 6.60; μ. τοῖς ἄρχουσίν τι Pl. Lg. 730d; πρός τινας D. 24.11: abs., ὁ μηνύσας OGI 665.29 (Egypt, i A. D.): impers. in Pass., μηνύεται information is laid, Th. 6.28; ὑποτοπήσαντες . . Ἱππίᾳ μεμηνῦσθαι Id. 1.20, cf. 6.57, And. 1.10; ὧν πέρι ἄλλων ἐμεμήνυτο Th. 6.61:— Pass., also of persons, to be informed against, denounced, τῶν μετʼ αὐτοῦ μεμηνυμένων ib.53, cf. X. HG 3.3.10; πρᾶγμα μηνυθέν E. Ion 1563; μηνυθέντος τοῦ ἐπιβουλεύματος Th. 4.89. [ῡ always in fut., aor., and pf.; and in Att. so in pres. and impf.; ῠ in Ep. and Lyr. in pres. and impf., h.Merc. 254, Pi. N.l.c., O. 6.52, P. 1.93, I. 8(7).60, B.l.c., but ῡ, h.Merc. 373, B. 9.14, and later.]
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