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ἀπόφα^σις (B), εως, ἡ, （ἀποφαίνω）
A.= ἀπόφανσις, sentence, decision, of an arbitrator's award, “διαίτης” D.47.45, cf. 33.21; κατά τινος, of an Amphictyonic decree, D.S.16.24; “ἀ. ἔγγραφος” OGI335.72 (Pergam.); of an emperor, PTeb.286.11 (ii A.D., pl.).
2. catalogue, inventory, “ἀ. δοῦναι” D.42.1,14.
3. = ἀπόφανσις, assertion, judgement, Arist.Rh. 1365b27, Epicur.Ep.3p.60U., Phld.Ir.p.75 W., Plb.1.14.8 (pl.), al.; “περί τινος” Plu.Comp.Sol.Publ.1, cf. Str.2.1.19; “καταληπτικὴ ἀ.” S.E. P.2.123.
b. answer, Plb.22.13.7; “πρὸς τὰ κατηγορούμενα” Id.24.2.5.
4. oracle, Jul.Ep.89.
5. = φάσμα, appearance, image, sc. τοῦ ἡλίου, Diog.Oen.8.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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