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ἀποδείκνυμι

to point away from other objects at one, and so,
I.to point out, shew forth, exhibit, make known, by deed or word, τί τινι Hdt.; τι Aesch.
2.to bring forward, shew, produce, Lat. praestare, μαρτύρια τουτέων Hdt.; παῖδας Soph.; ὑγιέα τινὰ ἐόντα ἀπ. to produce him safe and sound, Hdt.
3.to produce or deliver in accounts, λόγον id=Hdt., Thuc.
4.to publish a law, Lat. promulgare, Xen.
5.to appoint, assign, τέμενος, βωμὸν ἀπ. τινί Hdt.:—Pass., χῶρος ἀποδεδεγμένος an appointed place, id=Xen.
6.to shew by argument, prove, demonstrate, Ar., Plat., etc.; ἀπ. τινὰ οὐδὲν λέγοντα to make it evident that he says nothing, Hdt.
II.to appoint, name, create, ἀπ. τινὰ βασιλέα id=Hdt., Xen.
2.to make, render, ἀπ. τινὰ μοχθηρόν to make him a rascal, Ar.; ἀπ. τινὰ κράτιστον Xen.
3.to represent as, ἀπ. παῖδα Hdt.:—Pass., οὐκ ἐν τοῖσι θεοῖσι ἀποδεδέχαται (ionic 3rd pl. perf.) have not been considered, admitted among, id=Xen.
B.Mid. to shew forth, exhibit something of one's own, ἀποδέξασθαι τὴν γνώμην to deliver one's opinion, Hdt.; μνημόσυνα ἀπ. memorials of oneself, id=Hdt.:—Pass., ἔργα μέγαλα ἀποδεχθέντα id=Hdt.
2.just like Act., ἀποδ. ὅτι . . , to declare that . . , Xen.

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

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