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ἀποφαίνω

I.to shew fort, display, produce, Hdt., Ar.
II.to make known, declare, Hdt.: to give evidence of a thing, id=Hdt.
2.to shew by reasoning, shew, represent as doing or being, c. part., id=Hdt.; and with part. omitted, ἀπ. ἑωϋτὸν αἴτιον (sc. ὄντα) id=Hdt.; so, ἀπ. τινα ἐχθρόν Dem.
3.c. acc. et inf. to represent that, Plat.; so, ἀπ. ὡς . . , ὅτι . . , Hdt., Thuc.
III.to give an account of, τὴν οὐσίαν Dem.: to pay in money to the treasury, id=Dem.
IV.to render or make so and so, Ar.
2.to appoint to an office, Plat.
B.Mid. to display something of one's own, Aesch. Plat.: absol. to make a display of oneself, shew off, Xen.
2.to produce evidence, Hdt.
3.ἀποφαίνεσθαι γνώμην to declare one's opinion, id=Hdt., attic:— absol. to give an opinion, Hdt., attic. Hence
II.used like Act., Plat., Xen.

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

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