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ἀποφαίνω ,
A.show forth, display, Sol.15.33, etc.; “ἀ. τινὶ ἐς ὄψιν” Hdt. 4.81; “ἀ. τὴν φύσιν αὐτοῦ” Ar.Nu.352; “τινά” S.Fr.1023, cf. 74 (Pass.); ἀ. παῖδας ἐκ γυναικός, i.e. have children by her, Is.6.22; of the woman, produce, “ἔφεδρον βασιλέα . . ἀ.” Hdt.5.41; also of the descendants, ἑπτὰ πάππους πλουσίους ἀ. produce seven generations of wealthy ancestors, Pl.Tht.174e.
II. make known, declare, “ὡς εἰπὼν ἀπέφηνε” Batr.144; “γνώμην ἀ. περί τινος” Hdt.1.40; δικαίην ζόην ἀ. give evidence of a legitimate mode of living, Id.2.177; cf.B.11.
2. show by reasoning, prove, c. part., “τοὺς μὲν ἀ. πεφευγότας” Id.1.82; ἀπέφαινε τῷ λόγῳ μιν δκαιότατον ὄντα ib.129; “πόλλ᾽ ἂν ἀποφήναιμ᾽ ἐκείνους . . ἀδικουμένους” Ar.Ach.314; “ἀποφαίνω ὑμᾶς κυριωτάτους ὄντας” Th.2.62; “ἀ. ἀγαθῶν . . οὖσαν αἰτίαν ἐμέ” Ar.Pl.547, cf. Isoc.4.139, Plb.1.15.7; with part. omitted, “ἀ. τινὰ ἔνοχον” Antipho4.2.3, cf.And.1.41; ἀ. τινὰ ἐχθρόν Philipp. ap. D.12.8.
b. represent, proclaim, “ἀ. σεαυτὸν ἀρετῆς διδάσκαλον” Pl.Prt.349a; “σοφὸν ἀ. τὸν Ἡσίοδον” Id.Lg.718e; “ἀντὶ φιλοσόφων μισοῦντάς τι ἀ. τινάς” Id.Tht.168b; ἀ. ἡδονὴν τῶν φαύλων (sc. οὖσαν) Arist.EN1172a30, cf.Rh.Al.1438b19, etc.
3. c. acc. et inf., make plain that . ., Pl.R.338e, al.; show, “ἀ. λόγῳ ὡς . .” Hdt.5.84; ἀ. ὡς . ., ὅτι . ., Th.3.63, Pl.Phd.95c, etc.
4. denounce, inform against, Antipho 6.9, Lys.31.2; “πρίν γ᾽ ἂν τουτον ἀποφήνω . . οἷος ὢν θρασύνεται” Ar.Ra.845; “ὃν ἡ ἐξ Ἀρείου πάγου βουλὴ ἀποπέφαγκεν χρήματ᾽ ἔχειν” Din.1.15:—Pass., ἀποπέφανται μισθαρνῶν ibid.
III. give an account of, τὴν πρόσοδον, τὴν οὐσίαν, D.27.47, 42.11: esp. pay in money (to the treasury) according to accounts delivered, of public officers, Id.20.77,80: generally, of private persons, “ἕνδεκα μνᾶς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἀπέφηνεν” Id.27.19; “ἅπαντα ἐς τὸ κοινὸν ἀ.” X.Oec.7.13.
IV. render, make so and so, “Ἀθηναίους μικροπολίτας ἀ.” Ar.Eq.817, cf. X.Eq.1.11, 10.5, Luc.Somn.8.
2. declare elected, “τινὰς ἄρχοντας” Pl.Lg.753d; “τοὺς πεντακισχιλίους” Th.8.93:—in Med., ἀποφήνασθαί τινα ταμίαν v.l. in Pi.N.6.25 (cf. B. III):—Pass., ἀποφαίνεσθαι εὐδοκίμου στρατιᾶς to be named (chief) of a glorious army, A.Pers.858 codd.
B. Med., display something of one's own, “Μοῦσαν στυγεράν” A.Eu. 309; “καλὰ ἔργα” Pl.Smp.209e: abs., make a display of oneself, show off, X.Cyr.8.8.13.
2. ἀ. μαρτύρια produce evidence, Hdt.5.45; “ἀ. νόμους” set forth, propound, Pl.Lg.780a.
II. ἀποφαίνεσθαι γνώμην declare one's opinion, Hdt.1.207, 2.120, al., E.Supp.335, Pl.Grg.466c, D.4.1; “ἀ. δόξαν” Pl.R.576e; “δόξαν περί τινος” Id.Tht.170d.
2. abs., give an opinion, “ταύτῃ ἀ.” Hdt.7.143; “ἀ. περί τινος” Pl.Ly.214a: c.inf., “ἀ. κινεῖσθαι τὰ πάντα” Id.Tht.168b:—Pass., “καθόλου ἀ. ἐπί τινος” Arist. Int.17b3.
3. give a decision or award, “ὁ κριτὴς ἀ.” Pl.R.580b; “ἀ. περί τινος” Id.Phdr.274e; ἀ. δίαιταν, of an arbitrator, D.33.19,20:— Pass., “τῆς διαίτης -φαινομένης” Id.54.27.
III. Med. used like the Act., Pi.N.l.c. supr.; “ἀ. λογισμόν” X.Mem.4.2.21: c. inf., advise, “τὸν . . ὑπακούειν ἀποφηνάμενον” D.18.204.
IV. define, “ἀ. τἀγαθὸν οὗ πάντες ἐφίενται” Arist.EN1094a2.
C. Pass., disappear, shade off, “θάλασσα κατὰ μικρὸν εἰς πέλαγος ἀποφαινομένη” Peripl.M.Rubr.26.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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