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ἐπιδείκ-νυ_μι ῾-νύω PPetr.2p.110 (iii B.C.)), fut. -δείξω: aor. ἐπέδειξα, Ion.
A.ἐπέδεξαHdt.2.42:—exhibit as a specimen, Ar.Ach..765: generally, display, exhibit, “βίανPi.N.11.14; “τεκμήριαA.Supp.53 (lyr.), etc.; “ἑωυτόν τινιHdt.2.42; “πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα τινίId.3.135, cf. 6.61; . τὸ στράτευμά τινι parade it before . . , X.An.1.2.14, cf.Cyr.5.5.5; of speeches, compositions, etc., ἐπιδειξάτω τῇ βουλῇ he shall exhibit his draft, IG12.76.60; “. λόγονAr.Eq.349; “ῥαψῳδίανPl.Lg.658b, cf. Isoc.2.7 (Pass.); “σοφίανPl.Euthd.274a, X.Smp.3.3.
2.. more freq. in Med., show off or display for oneself or what is one's own, μουσικὰν ὀρθὰν . give a specimen of his art . . , Pi.Fr.32; ἐμὲ ἐπεδέξατο γυμνήν exhibited me naked, Hdt.1.11; πάντα τὸν στρατόν showed all his army, Id.7.146; . τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον recall Alexander, Plu.Pyrrh. 8; esp. of one's personal qualities, “ἐπιδείκνυσθαι τὴν αὑτοῦ δύναμινAnd.4.14; σοφίαν, πονηρίαν, Pl.Phdr.258a, Isoc.20.4, cf. X.An.1.9.16; “ἐπιδείξασθαι αὑτὸν ἀβέβηλονInscr.Prien.113.66 (i B.C.).
b.. ἐπίδειξαι . . ἅττ᾽ ἐδίδασκες give a specimen of . . , Ar.Nu.935; “τὰ γυμνικάPOxy.42.5 (iv A.D.): abs., show off, make a display of one's powers, “ἐπεδείκνυτο τοῖς λωποδύταιςAr.Ra.771; ὃν . . ἐθεάσασθε ἐπιδεικνύμενον giving a display (of fighting in armour), Pl.La.179e; of a rhetorician lecturing, Id.Phdr.235a; “πολλὰ καὶ καλάId.Grg.447a; of epideictic orators, Arist.Rh.1391b26; of a musician, Ael.VH9.36: c. part., . “ὑπερθέωνPl.Lg.648d.
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