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πρόδηλ-ος , ον,
A.clear or manifest in front or beforehand, Alc.Oxy. 1789Fr.1 ii4, D.15.30, etc.; “ἐμβολὴ π. ἥτις γίνοιτ᾽ ἂν ἁρμόζουσα” Hp. Art.30, cf. E.Or.190(lyr.), Hyp.Epit.8; οἱ π. [φόβοι] foreseen, Arist. EN1117a19, cf. Is.3.19, al.; “τοῦ μὲν ὄντος π. τοῦ δὲ ἀγνοουμένου” Isoc.6.37; “εἰ μὲν ἦν π. τὰ μέλλοντα” D.18.196; “π. εἵλοντο θανάτους” Plb.6.54.4; “πρόδηλον ἥδη ἦν, ὅτι . .” X.HG6.4.9, cf. Isoc.2.42, Pl.Phdr.238b, etc.; evident, καὶ τυφλῷ, φασι, πρόδηλον Polystr.p.8 W.; “πρόδηλα γάρ [ἐστι], ὅτι . . μέλλουσι” Hdt.9.17, cf. X.Eq.3.3; ἐκ προδήλου from a place in sight, in full view, S.El.1429(lyr.). Adv. “-λως” Aeschin.1.182, Plu.Oth.9; “θανεῖν π.” S.Aj.1311.
2. = προδηλωτικός, c. gen., Vett. Val.92.22,al.
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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