ἐμφαίνω (emphaino)

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Against Aphobus 3 1 · 2.58/10k
De Sensu et Sensibilibus 2 · 2.56/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 11 · 1.03/10k
Alcibiades 1 1 · 0.98/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
Discourses 6 · 0.81/10k
Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
Enneads 12 · 0.57/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐμφαίνω · emphainō — LSJ

exhibit, display in

exhibit, display in, οἷον ἐν κατόπτρῳ χρώματα Pl. Ti. 71b:— Pass., τὸ -όμενον μέλαν (in the moon) Stoic. 2.199.

2 exhibit, display, presents, appearance

exhibit, display, φαντασίαν μήκους Arist. Mu. 395b6; τὴν ἰδέαν τοῦ σώματος Plu. Alex. 4; εὐοδμίαν Thphr. CP 6.5.2, cf. 6.3.4 (Pass.); αἱρέσεις καὶ διαλήψεις Plb. 3.31.8; δυσχερασμόν Phld. Lib. p.80.; οὐδὲν τοιοῦτον ἐμφαίνει presents no such appearance, Luc. DDeor. 25[26].1; ἡ φροντὶς ἐ. τινὰ ψυχρότητα ἤθους Demetr. Eloc. 171.

3 indicate

indicate, ψυχρίαν Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.50; εὔνοιαν Plb. 22.7.9; ἐ. ὅτι . . D.S. 1.87, Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.112f, al.; περί τινος ὡς περὶ ἰδίας Plb. 3.23.5.

4 lay information

lay information, IG 9(1).267 (Opus).

II

Med. or Pass., with fut. ἐμφανήσομαι Phld. Lib. p.23 O.:

1 to be seen in, reflected

to be seen in a mirror, reflected, ἐν ὕδασι ἢ ἐν κατόπτροις Pl. R. 402b, al., cf. Arist. Mete. 345b26, APo. 98a27 (where ἠχεῖ and ἐμφαίνεται are quasi-impersonal), Thphr. Sens. 27; ἐν Χαλκείῳ X. Smp. 7.4; τῷ εἴδει Plu. Alc. 4.

2 become visible, to be manifested, it is manifest

become visible, to be manifested, X. Cyr. 1.4.3; τὰ ἤθη τὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου -όμενα Arist. Phgn. 806a30, cf. LXX Ps. 79(80).2, etc.; ἐν ἅπασιν ἐμφαίνεται τὸ ἄρχον καὶ τὸ ἀρχόμενον Arist. Pol. 1254a30; ἐμφαίνεται impers., it is manifest, Plu. Frig. 2.953e:—also in Act., ἐμφαίνει οὕτως Ceb. 21.

3 to be exemplified, implied in

to be exemplified or implied in . ., ἐν τῇ κατηγορίᾳ τῇ τοιαύτῃ Arist. Metaph. 1028a28; ἐνυπάρχειν καὶ ἐ. Id. de An. 413a15, EN 1096b22.

4 to be indicated

to be indicated, τῆς ἡδονῆς -ομένης τέλους Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.8, cf. Gal. 10.126.

In the wild

ἐμφαίνεται · emphainetai Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2384)
ἐμφαίνοντος · emphainontos Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 85)
ἐμφαινομένων · emphainomenōn Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 31)
ἐμφαίνεται · emphainetai Aristotle, De Sensu et Sensibilibus (DIORISIS sentence 32)
ἐμφαίνεσθαι · emphainesthai Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4137)
ἐμφαίνεται · emphainetai Aristotle, Metaphysics book 7 (DIORISIS sentence 1607)

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