ἐμφαν-ής (emphanes)

Where it lives

Against Dionysodorus 8 · 24.52/10k
Against Aphobus 2 2 · 13.32/10k
On A Wound By Premeditation 1 · 10.57/10k
Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k
Trachiniae 4 · 5.5/10k
Apollodorus Against Nicostratus 1 · 5/10k
Apollodorus Against Callipus 1 · 4.78/10k
Alcibiades 2 2 · 4.69/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 3 · 4.35/10k
Against Onetor 1 1 · 4.26/10k
Oeconomica II 2 · 4.25/10k

Densest 12 of 63 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐμφαν-ής · emphan-ēs — LSJ

showing in, reflecting

showing in itself, reflecting, of mirrors, Pl. Ti. 46a.

II visible to the eye, manifest

visible to the eye, manifest,

a appearing bodily, bodily, manifest?, familiar

of persons, S. Tr. 199, etc.; esp. of the gods appearing bodily among men, E. Ba. 22, Ar. V. 733, Pl. Alc. 2.141a; so ὄψις ἐ. ἐνυπνίων A. Pers. 518; τέκμαρ Ch. 667; ἐ. τινὰ ἰδεῖν see him bodily, S. Aj. 538, cf. Ar. Th. 682; μαθεῖν S. El. 1454; πῶς ἂν ὑμὶν ἐμφανὴς . . γενοίμην; how could I make it manifest? Id. Ph. 531; ἐμφανὴς τιμαῖσιν, = ἐμφανῶς τιμώμενος, Id. OT 909 (lyr.); ἐ. ζῷα familiar animals, Epicur. Ep. 2p.43U.

b in open court, in court

as legal term, ἐμφανῆ παρέχειν τινά to produce a person or thing in open court, Antipho 5.36, cf. D. 56.38; so ἐμφανῆ καταστῆσαι produce in court, either the property or the vouchers, Id. 52.10; ἐμφανῶν κατάστασις, actio ad exhibendum, Is. 6.31, D. 53.14.

c visible, visible, actual, light, forward, in evidence

of things, οὐ γάρ ἐστι τἀμφανῆ κρύπτειν S. OC 755; ἐ. τεκμήρια visible proofs, Id. El. 1109; ἄλγος ἐ. Pi. Fr. 210; κλαυθμός Hdt. 1.111; μεῖξις ib. 203; χυμοί Thphr. CP 6.3.4 (Sup.); ἐ. κόσμος visible sky, Vett.Val. 8.12; τὰ ἐ. κτήματα the actual property, X. HG 5.2.10; τοῦ μέλλοντος καὶ μὴ -οῦς Th. 3.42; εἰς τοὐμφανὲς ἰέναι to come into light, come forward, X. Mem. 4.3.13; εἰς τοὐ. ᾠοτοκεῖν, ζῳοτοκεῖν, Arist. HA 510b20, 511a23; ἀεὶ ἐ. εἶναι to be constantly in evidence, X. Ages. 9.1.

2 manifest, palpable, plain, openly

manifest, palpable, τυραννίς Ar. V. 417; βία Th. 4.86; ἐ. λόγος a plain speech, A. Eu. 420; τῷ ἐμφανεῖ λόγῳ openly, Th. 7.48; τὴν διάνοιαν ἐ. ποιεῖν διὰ φωνῆς Pl. Tht. 206d; ἐμφανές ἐστιν ὅτι . . X. Hier. 9.10.

3 well-known, conspicuous, notable

well-known, τὰ ἐ. Hdt. 2.33; ἐμφανῆ γὰρ ἦν S. Ant. 448; conspicuous, notable, ἀνήρ D.S. 1.68.

III visibly, openly, without doubt, openly, not secretly, treacherously, really

Adv. -νῶς, Ion. -νέως, visibly, openly, Hdt. 1.140, A. Ag. 626, Th. 7.48, etc.; λέγειν Ar. Ach. 312; ἐ. ἐλευθεροῦν without doubt, Hdt. 6.123; ἐ. ἠμύνατο openly, i.e. not secretly or treacherously, S. Tr. 278; οὐ λόγοις, ἀλλʼ ἐ. but really, Ar. Nu. 611: Comp. -έστερον Pl. Phlb. 31e.

2

neut. Adj., ἐκ τοῦ ἐ. Hdt. 3.150, 4.120, al.; ἐν τῷ ἐ. Th. 2.21, X. An. 2.5.25.

In the wild

ἐμφανῶς · emphanōs Aeschylus, Agamemnon 626–627
ἐμφανῶς · emphanōs Aeschylus, Eumenides 222–223
ἐμφανῆ · emphanē Aeschylus, Eumenides 420
ἐμφανέστερος · emphanesteros Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 815–818
ἐμφανὲς · emphanes Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 666–667
ἐμφανὴς · emphanēs Aeschylus, Persians 518–519

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Where it came from

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