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ἔμφᾰσις

emphasis

appearance, reflection, clarification, emphasis

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1. ἔμφα-σις · empha-sis — Beekes

ἔμφα-σις [f.] ‘appearance, reflection, clarification, emphasis’ (Arist. Hell.+), -τικός ‘emphatic’ (Demetr. Eloc, etc.). Ὁ. φάνσις [f] ‘appearance’ (very rare and late), ἀπόφαν-σις [f] “declaration, statement’ (Arist., Hell4; beside ἀπόφασις), whence -τικός (Arist. εἴς), ἀνάφανσις [f.] ‘appearance’ (late), ἄμφαν-σις ‘adoption’ (Leg. Gort.), -τός ‘adopted’ (ibid.). 4. ἀμφαντύς [f.] ‘id’ (Leg. Gort.). 5. φάσμα [n.] … — [Beekes, s.v. ἔμφα-σις, p. 1597]

2. ἔμφᾰσις · emphasis — LSJ

appearing in, reflection, reflection, reflections, images

appearing in a smooth surface, reflection, as in a mirror or in water, Arist. Mete. 373b24, 377b17; κατʼ ἔμφασιν by reflection, Id. Mu. 395a29; ἔμφασιν ποιεῖν Thphr. Lap. 30; ἀμυδραὶ ἐ. τῆς ἀληθείας faint reflections or images, Plu. Isid. 2.354c: generally, ἔ. προσώπου (in the moon) Epicur. Ep. 2p.41U., Stoic. 2.198, cf. Plot. 4.3.18; τοῦ ὄντος Dam. Pr. 69; τῶν πρώτων ἐν τοῖς ἐσχάτοις Procl. in Alc. p.69C.; στερεοῦ πρώτη ἔ. ἐν τῇ τετράδι εὑρίσκεται Hierocl. in CA 20p.465M.

2 outward appearance, impression, presentation, the appearance of. ., suggest

outward appearance, impression, presentation, τὰς ἔ. κρίνειν Arist. Div.Somn. 464b12; φαντασιῶν Stoic. 2.24 (pl.); κατὰ τὴν ἔ. Plb. 5.63.2; ποιεῖν ἔμφασίν τινος give the appearance of. ., suggest, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.257; ποιεῖν ἔ. ὡς . . make as if . ., Plb. 5.110.6; ποιεῖν, c. fut. inf., Str. 8.3.30; ἔ. λαβεῖν τινος Phld. Ir. p.95 W., al.; ἔ. ἔχειν τινός D.H. Th. 16; ἔ. ἔχειν ὡς . . D.S. 11.89; ἔ. γίγνεταί τινος Id. 1.38; of taste, ἔ. ἁλυκότητος Dsc. 5.87.

II setting forth, exposition, narration, statements, explanations

(ἐμφαίνω) setting forth, exposition, narration, Plb. 6.5.3, etc.; ποιεῖν ἐμφάσεις κατά τινος to make statements against, Id. 28.4.8; συμβόλων -σεις explanations, Iamb. VP 23.103.

III meaning, significance, significance, emphasis

meaning, significance, Agatharch. 21, Corn. ND 15; esp. in Rhet., significance, emphasis, Quint. 8.3.83, 9.2.3, Trypho Trop. p.199S., Tib. Fig. 14: coupled with δείνωσις, Demetr. Eloc. 130.

2 suggestion, hint

suggestion, hint, ib. 57, 171.

IV moral

moral of a fable, Babr. 116.15.

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