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ἐμφανής 1 adj2

I.shewing in itself, reflecting, of mirrors, Plat.
II.visible to the eye, manifest, esp. of the gods appearing bodily among men, Soph., etc.; so, ἐμφανῆ τινα ἰδεῖν to see him bodily, id=Soph.:—of things, τἀμφανῆ κρύπτειν id=Soph.; ἐμφ. τεκμήρια visible proofs, id=Soph.; τὰ ἐμφ. κτήματα the actual property, Xen.
2.ποιεῖν τι ἐμφανές to do it in public, Lat. in propatulo, Hdt.; τὸ ἐμφ. opp. to τὸ μέλλον, Thuc.; εἰς τοὐμφανὲς ἰέναι to come into light, Xen.
3.open, actual, palpable, Ar., Thuc., etc.
4.manifest, well-known, τὰ ἐμφανῆ Hdt.
III.adv. -νῶς, ionic -νέως, visibly, openly, Lat. palam, id=Hdt., Aesch., etc.; openly, i. e. not secretly or treacherously, Soph.; οὐ λόγοις, ἀλλ᾽ ἐμφανῶς but really, Ar.
2.so in neut. adj., ἐξ ἐμφανέος or ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφ., Hdt.; ἐν τῷ ἐμφανεῖ Thuc.

1 ἐμφα^νής, ές

2 e)mfa^n hs_es suff_acc

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

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