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δείκνυμι (also δεικνύω Hes.Op.451, Men.562; Ion. δέκνυμι GDI 5653b14 (ἀπο-, Chios), 5493b25 (ἀπο-, Milet.), freq. in Hdt.; Cret. δίκνυμι (προ-) GDI5112); 3sg.
A.“δείκνυ” Hes.Op.526; imper. δείκνυε ib.502, Pl.Phdr.228e, 3sg.“δεικνύτω” S.OC1532: impf.3pl. “ἐδείκνυσαν” X.An.4.5.33, D.18.213, also “-υον” Hdt.4.150, Antipho 5.76, etc.; 3sg. “δείκνυεν” Pi.P.4.220: fut. “δείξω” Od.12.25, etc., Ion. “δέξω” Hdt.4.179, al.: aor. 1 ἔδειξα, Ep. “δεῖξα” Od.3.174, etc., Ion. “ἔδεξα” Hdt.2.30, al.: pf. “δέδειχα” Alex.268, (ἐπι-) D.26.16, （ἀνα-) Plb.4.48.3:—Med., with pf. Pass., for Ep. forms δεικνύμενος, δείδεκτο, δειδέχαται, δειδέχατο, v. δειδίσκομαι:—Pass., fut. “δειχθήσομαι” Isoc.5.1, 12.4; “δεδείξομαι” Plu.2.416d, A.D.Synt.23.26, al.: aor. “ἐδείχθην” E.Supp.1209, etc., Ion. ἐδέχθην （ἀπ-) Hdt.1 Prooem.: pf. “δέδειγμαι” S.Fr.432, Ion. “δέδεκται” Hp.de Arte10:—bring to light, show forth, “[θεὸς] ἡμῖν δεῖξε [τέρας]” Od.3.178; “δεικνὺς σῆμα βροτοῖσιν” Il.13.244; “ἄγος δ.” S.OT 1427; τὸν κτανόντα ib.278; “ἵν᾽ ἐλαίας . . ἔδειξε κλάδον Ἀθάνα” E.Tr. 802; of artists, portray, represent, Luc.Im.5; cause, “δυσθέατα πήματα ἐδείξατ᾽” A.Th.982 codd.; render so and so, “τυφλοὺς τοὺς ἐμβλέποντας δεικνύει” Men.83; “τινὰ ὑπὸ τῶν τραυμάτων δείξας νεκρόν” D.S.34.2.21:—Med., δείκνυμαι set before one, “ἄεθλα” Il.23.701.
2. show, point out, “δ. Ἀλέξανδρον Μενελάῳ” Il.3.452; δέσμιον . . ἔδειξ᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς (sc. αὐτόν) S.Ph.609, cf. 492,630; αὐτὸ δ. experiment will show, Cratin.177, cf. Pl.Tht.200e, Hp.Ma.288b; δείξει δὴ τάχα alone, time will show, Ar.Ra.1261; δ. εἴς τινα point towards, Hdt.4.150:—Med., “δείξατο δ᾽ εἰς Κρονίωνα” h.Merc.367.
3. show, make known, esp. by words, explain, “ὁδόν” Od.12.25, etc.; “ἀντολὰς ἐγὼ ἄστρων ἔδειξα” A.Pr.458, cf. 482.
4. show, prove, with part., “ποῦ γὰρ ὢν δείξω φίλος;” E.Or.802; “ἔδειξαν ἕτοιμοι ὄντες” Th.4.73, cf. 5.72; “δεικνύω ἐσπουδακώς” Men.562; “δείξω αὐτὸν πολλῶν θανάτων ὄντ᾽ ἄξιον” D.21.21; εἰ . . δειχθήσεται τοῦτο πεποιηκώς ib.160; “ἱκανώτατα δέδεικται ψυχὴ τῶν πάντων πρεσβυτάτη” Pl.Lg.896b: folld. by a relat. clause with ὡς . ., ὅτι . ., εἰ . .,etc., A.Th.176, Th.1.76, 143, etc.; “πᾶσα ἀπόδειξίς τι κατά τινος δείκνυσι” Arist.AP0.90b34: ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι, = Q.E.D., Euc.1.4,al.: abs., δέδεικται it is clear or proven, Pl.Phd.66d, etc.; “δεδείξεται” A.D. l.c.
5. of accusers, inform against, “τινά” Ar.Eq.278 (Dobree ex Sch. ἐγὼ ἐνδείκνυμι).
6. display, exhibit, “ἀγλαΐαν” Pi.P.6.46; ἀρετήν, προθυμίαν, Th.1.37, 6.11.
7. offer, proffer, “καὶ τὰ πίστ᾽ ἐδειξάτην” A.Ag.651. (Cf. Lat. dīco, Goth. gateihan 'announce', OHG. zeigōn 'show'.)
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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