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διασᾰφ-έω

diasapheo

make quite clear, show plainly

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum II 7 · 6.06/10k
Matthew 2 · 1.12/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 11 · 1.03/10k
Daniel (LXX) 1 · 0.95/10k
Machabaeorum I 1 · 0.57/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
Laws 4 · 0.39/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 2 · 0.36/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

διασᾰφ-έω · diasaph-eō — LSJ

make quite clear, show plainly, make a clear statement, send clear information, instruct plainly

make quite clear, show plainly, ἐλπίδας οὔσας κενάς E. Ph. 398; τι Pl. Lg. 916e, Phld. Lib. p.13O., etc.; δ. εἴτε . . εἴτε μή Pl. Prt. 348b, cf. Phld. Po. 5.13; also δ. περί τινος make a clear statement about . ., Arist. de An. 404b1; δ. εἰς Καρχηδόνα περί τινος send clear information . ., Plb. 3.87.4; δ. ὑπέρ τινος Id. 2.19.13; instruct plainly, ἵνα . . Id. 4.26.3, LXX 2 Ma. 1.18; ὅπως PEleph. 18.3 (iii B. C.):—Med., dub. in PPar. 70p.413:—Pass., Arist. EN 1094b12, etc.

In the wild

διασαφηθείη · diasaphētheiē Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1094b (DIORISIS sentence 23)
διασαφῆσαι · diasaphēsai Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1097a (DIORISIS sentence 143)
διασαφεῖ · diasaphei Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3461)
διεσάφησε · diesaphēse Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3922)
διασαφεῖ · diasaphei Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4870)
διασαφοῦντος · diasaphountos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5946)

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