A.“δηλωθήσομαι” Th.1.144; δηλώσομαι in pass. sense, S.OC581; “δεδηλώσομαι” Hp.Art.45, Diog.Apoll.4:—make visible or manifest, show, exhibit, “τὸν ἄνδρ᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς δ.” S.Ph.616; “ποῖον ὄμμα πατρὶ δηλώσω;” Id.Aj.462: with inf. added, “ὡς γένος ἄτλητον ἀνθρώποισι δηλώσοιμ᾽ ὁρᾶν” Id.OT792, etc.:—Pass., to be or become manifest, Id.OC581, etc.
2. make known, disclose, reveal, A.Pers.519, S.OT77, etc.; prove, Id.OC146, Th.1.3; “δηλοῖ ὁ λόγος ὅτι . .” Democr.7; “αὐτὸ δηλώσει” D.19.157; explain, set forth, Th.2.62; signify, ἐδήλουν οὐδὲν ὅτι ἴσασιν gave no sign of knowing, Id.4.68: indicate, “τὰς μεγίστας καὶ ἐλαχίστας” Id.1.10, etc. Construct.: mostly “δ. τινί τι” Antipho 1.30; δ. τι πρός or εἴς τινα, S.Tr.369, Th.1.90; “δ. περί τινος” Lys.10.7; “τινὶ περί τι” Isoc.11.9: c. acc. et inf., SIG888.52 (Scaptopara, iii A. D.): folld. by a relat. clause, “δ. ὅτι” S.El.1106, Hdt.2.149, cf. 1.57, etc.; “οἷα φρονῶ” S.El.334; “δ. περί τινος, ὡς . .” Th.1.72, 73: c. acc. et part., “σκευή τε γάρ σε καὶ τὸ δύστηνον κάρα δηλοῦτον . . ὄνθ᾽ ὃς εἶ” S.OC555; ὥς σε δηλώσω κακόν [ὄντα] ib.783, cf. Ant.471: c. part. nom., referring to the subject, δηλώσω πατρὶ μὴ ἄσπλαγχνος γεγώς I will show my father that I am no dastard, Id.Aj.472; δηλοῖς . . τι καλχαίνουσ᾽ ἔπος thou showest that thou art pondering . ., Id.Ant.20; δηλοῖς ὥς τι σημανῶν ib.242; δηλώσω οὐ παραγενόμενος I will show that I was not present, Antipho 2.4.8; “δηλώσει μείζων γεγενημένος” Th.1.21; also “Λιβύη δηλοῖ ἑωυτὴν ἐοῦσα περίρρυτος” Hdt.4.42; “ἑαυτὸν ἐδήλωσεν ὅστις ἦν” D.H.3.48.
II. intr., to be clear or plain, “δηλοῖ ὅτι οὐκ Ὁμήρου τὰ Κύπρια ἔπεά ἐστι” Hdt.2.117; “δηλοῖ δὲ ταῦτα . . ὅτι οὕτως ἔχει” Pl.Grg.483d; “δηλώσει ἡ ἔχθρα ὅταν πρῶτον . .” And.4.12; to be significant, possess a meaning, c. dat., Pl.Cra.434c.
2. impers. δηλοῖ, = δῆλόν ἐστι, δηλοῖ μοι ὅτι . ., Hdt.9.68, cf. Arist.Pol.1296a20; “δηλώσει” Lys.10.20, Pl.R.497c; “ἐδήλωσε” X.Mem.1.2.32, cf. Cyr.7.1.30.