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ἀναφαίνω

I.to make to give light, make to blaze up, ξύλα Od.
2.to bring to light, shew forth, display, Hom., attic; ἀν. μελέων νόμους Ar.
3.to proclaim, declare, βασιλέα ἀν. τινά Pind.; ἀν. πόλιν to proclaim it victor in the games, id=Pind.:—c. inf., ἀναφανῶ σε τόδε ὀνομάζειν I proclaim that they call thee by this name, i. e. order that thou be so named, Eur.
4.of things, to appoint, νόμους Ar.
5.ἀναφάναντες τὴν Κύπρον having opened, come in sight of, Cyprus, NTest.
II.Pass., with fut. mid. ἀναφανήσομαι or -φανοῦμαι : perf. ἀναπέφαμμαι, or in mid. form -πέφηνα:— to be shewn forth, come to light or into sight, appear plainly, Hom., etc.
2.to reappear, Hdt.
3.ἀναφανῆναι μούναρχος to be declared king, id=Hdt.; ἀναφαίνεσθαι σεσωσμένος to be plainly in safety, Xen.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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