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ἐπιφαν-ής , ές,
A.coming to light, coming suddenly into view, appearing, of gods, Hdt.3.27, etc. : hence, present to aid, “θεοὶ -έστατοι” D.S.1.17.
2. of places and things, in full view, πόλις ἐ. ἔξωθεν, of a place commanded by another, Th.5.10, cf. 6.96, 7.19 ; τινι to one, ib. 3 ; “ἔχειν ἐπιφανεῖς θηλάς” visible, Arist.HA504b23 ; “φλέβες” prominent, Gal.17(2).209.
3. manifest, evident, “ὄνειδος” Democr.218 (Comp.); “ἐκ τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων σημείων” Th.1.21 ; “διὰ τὸ μὴ ἐ. εἶναι” Arist.EN 1126a23.
II. of men, conspicuous, notable, distinguished by rank, Hdt.2.89,al.; οἰκίη οὐκ ἐ. ib.172 ; notable, either for good or ill, X. Mem.3.1.10, Lys.14.12 (Sup.); ἀνδρείᾳ for courage, Th.6.72 ; “πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον” Pl.Lg.629e; famous, renowned, Pi.P.7.6 (Comp.), etc.; “ἀνδρῶν ἐ. πᾶσα γῆ τάφος” Th.2.43; of things, places, etc., “χώρα” OGI90.46 (Rosetta, ii B.C.); “-εστέρα τιμή” IPE12.34.22 (Olbia, i B.C.); “-έσταται τιμαί” IG9(2).1109.10 (Magn.Thess.).
2. of things, remarkable, “οὗτοί σφεων οἱ -έστατοι νόμοι εἰσί” Hdt.5.6 ; “-εστάτη χρεία” Plb.1.78.11 ; -εστάτη μάχη Anon.Hist.Oxy.12ii31.
3. as a title of divinities, “τῶν -εστάτων θεῶν” IG5(1).1179 (Sparta) ; also of Eastern Kings, e.g.Ptolemy V, OG190.5(Rosetta, ii B.C.); Antiochus of Syria, Plb. 26.1a.1, etc.
III. Adv. “-νῶς” openly, conspicuously, Th.1.91,5.105 (Sup.).
2. with distinction, “λαμπρῶς καὶ ἐ.” IGRom.4.844（Phrygia), cf.J.BJ7.3.1 : Comp. “-έστερον, ζην” with greater distinction, Men. 223.19.
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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