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ὑποδείκ-νυ_μι and ὑποδεικ-νύω (v. infr.),
A.show, indicate, “οὔτοι . . πάντα θεοὶ θνητοῖσ᾽ ὑπέδειξαν” Xenoph.18.1; πολλοῖσι ὑποδέξας (Ion. aor.) ὄλβον ὁ θεός having given a glimpse of happiness, Hdt.1.32; ἄλλο τι τῶν χρησίμων ὑ. show any other good symptom, Hp.Coac.483; “ὑποδεικνύεις μὲν ἦθος ἀστεῖον” Nicom.Com.1.1; “ὑ. ἐλπίδας” Plb.2.70.7, etc.; τὰς χώρας ὑποδείκνυμεν we indicate, cite the passages, Phld.Rh.1.98 S.; “ὑ. τινὰ τοῖς ἀνδράσι” introduce, Plu.2.710c.
2. abs., indicate one's will, intimate, “οἱ θεοὶ οὕτως ὑποδεικνύουσι” X.Mem.4.3.13, cf. An. 5.7.12; warn, “τίς ὑπέδειξεν ὑμῖν φυγεῖν;” Ev.Matt.3.7.
3. lay an information, “τῷ βασιλεῖ περί τινος” LXX To.1.19; ὑποδέδειχέν σε τὰ σύμβολα ἀπεστράφθαι he has reported that . . , BGU1755.4 (i B. C.): c. acc., report, σοι τὴν τῆς οἰκίας σου διάθεσιν ib.1881.3 (i B. C.): also “ὑπόδειξον αὐτῷ ὅτι ἀναβαίνω” PSI9.1079.5 (i B. C.):—Pass., to be brought to the notice of a court, produced in evidence, PTeb.27.78 (ii B. C.), etc.
II. show by tracing out, mark out, “διώρυχας” Hdt.1.189; “Ὅμηρος καὶ τὰ τῆς κωμῳδίας σχήματα . . ὑπέδειξε” Arist.Po.1448b37, cf. Rh.1404b25, Ath.41.2: abs., set a pattern or example, “τοῦ διδασκάλου πονηρῶς τι ὑποδεικνύοντος” X.Oec.12.18; οὐχ οἷόν τε μὴ καλῶς ὑποδεικνύντος καλῶς μιμεῖσθαι unless some one sets a good example, Arist. Oec. 1345a9.
2. generally, teach, indicate, ὑ. αὐτοῖς οἵους εἶναι χρὴ . . Isoc.3.57, cf. 5.111, Ep.2.11; “ὡς ἔμπροσθεν ὑπεδείξαμεν” Sor.1.16, cf. 54, al., Ael.Tact.28.1.
3. make a show of, pretend to, “ἀρετήν” Th. 4.86, cf. Plb.2.47.10.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 41.2
    • Aristotle, Poetics, 1448b.37
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.189
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.32
    • Isocrates, Nicocles or the Cyprians, 57
    • Isocrates, To Philip, 111
    • New Testament, Matthew, 3.7
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.86
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 5.7.12
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 4.3.13
    • Xenophon, Economics, 12.18
    • Polybius, Histories, 2.47.10
    • Polybius, Histories, 2.70.7
    • Old Testament, Tobit, 1.19
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