A.“-έφα_να” LXX De.33.2, Ev.Luc.1.79:—show forth, display, abs., “μηδὲ λίην ἐπίφαινε” Thgn.359(s.v.l.); “ἐ.προστασίαν ἀξιωματικήν” Plb.10.18.8 ; “μηδὲν τεχνικόν” D.H.Amm.1.10 ; τὸ ἀγέρωχον, τὴν προαίρεσιν, Plu.Marc.1, 2.139d ; “ἀνθρωπόμορφόν τι” Luc.Alex. 12 ; τὸν μισοπόνηρον play the μ., Phld.Ir.p.74W.:—Pass., come into view, “ἠέλιος δ᾽ ἐπέλαμψε, μάχη δ᾽ ἐπὶ πᾶσα φαάνθη” Il.17.650 ; of an enemy, Hdt.2.152, 4.122, Th.8.42, etc.; διὰ τὸ ἐπιφανέντα με κωλῦσαι Test. ap. D.21.22 ; “ἐ.ἐς τὴν Νάξον” Hdt.5.30, cf.X.An.3.4.13 ; “ἐπιφανῆναι ἐπὶ τὸ ἔργον” Id.Oec.21.10 ; “ἐπὶ τὰ Δρέπανα” Plb.1.49.7 ; “ἐ.τινὶ ἐς οἶκον” to present oneself, Hdt.4.97 ; ἐ. τινί show oneself, appear to one, Id.1.24,al.; freq. of dreams and visions, Id.2.91,3.27 ; “ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ” Id.7.16 ; of a divine manifestation, “ἐπιφαινομένης αὐτοῖς Ἀρτέμιδος” SIG 557.5 (Magn.Mae., iii B.C.), cf.IG4.951.26 (Epid., iii B.C.); so “ἡ χρηστότης ἐπεφάνη τοῦ θεοῦ” Ep.Tit.3.4 ; of an Emperor, “δήμοις ἑορτάζουσιν ἐπιφανείς” Hdn.1.7.2 ; also “ἵνα σφι τιμωρίη..ἐπιφανήσεται” Hdt. 8.49 ; “τὰ ἐπιφαινόμενα” symptoms which make their appearance, Hp. Aph.1.12, cf.Sor.1.17,al.
2. c.acc.et inf., make it manifest that.., Plu.2.1044d.
3. Pass., lit. appear upon the surface, Ti.Locr.101d ; “ἐ. ταῖς εἰκόσιν ἰδέα” Plu.Arat.3 : metaph., τὸ ἦθος ὡς χρῶμα ταῖς πράξεσιν ἐ. ib.48,cf.Galb.23.
II. seemingly intr., in Act., show light, dawn, “ἡμέρας ἐπιφαινούσης” Plb.5.6.6 (so “ἀνατολῆς ἐπιφαινομένης” Id.3.113.1); “ἐπιφᾶναι τοῖς ἐν σκότει καθημένοις” to shine upon..,Ev.Luc. 1.79, cf. LXX De.33.2.