The corpus record

καταφαν-ής

kataphanes

clearly seen, in sight

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Where it lives

Against Euthynus 1 · 9.17/10k
Against Olympiodorus 3 · 8.55/10k
De Divinatione per Somnum 1 · 8.34/10k
On the Accession of Alexander 1 · 5.6/10k
Against Phaenippus 1 · 4.51/10k
Against Onetor 1 1 · 4.26/10k
Against Apaturius 1 · 3.95/10k
Against Evergus And Mnesibulus 2 · 3.74/10k
Busiris 1 · 3.64/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 2 · 3.48/10k
To Demonicus 1 · 3.46/10k
Epinomis 2 · 3.17/10k

Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καταφαν-ής · kataphan-ēs — LSJ

clearly seen, in sight, an open place

clearly seen, in sight, οὔπω κ. ἦσαν οἱ πολέμιοι X. An. 1.8.8, cf. Eq.Mag. 7.8; ἐν κ. στρατοπεδεύεσθαι in an open place, Id. Cyr. 3.3.28.

2 manifest, evident, evidently, plainly, too manifestly

manifest, evident, κ. ποιέειν τι Hdt. 2.120, cf. Isoc. 11.4, Pl. Grg. 453c, X. Cyr. 1.6.14, etc.; κ. ἐστί τι, γίγνεταί τι Hp. Off. 3: Comp., Pl. Lg. 812a: Sup., Id. Tht. 186e, etc.: freq. c. part., καταφανέες εἰσὶ ἁμαρτάνοντες Hp. VM 1; κ. ἦντῇ βουλῇ αὐτὸς θεὶς τὴν ἱκετηρίαν And. 1.116, cf. Aeschin. 2.39, Isoc. 2.1; κ. ἐγένοντο οὐχ ὅσιοι ὄντες Antipho 5.82, cf. Plb. 7.12.8; καταφανέστερος εἶναι κακουργῶν Th. 5.16; κ. ἐστί τις, ὅτι . . Pl. Plt. 265d, R. 506b; κ. γίγνονται, ὅτι . . X. Oec. 1.20; κ

In the wild

καταφανῶς · kataphanōs Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 672)
καταφανῆ · kataphanē Aristotle, De Divinatione per Somnum (DIORISIS sentence 10)
καταφανής · kataphanēs Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1116a (DIORISIS sentence 890)
καταφανέστερον · kataphanesteron Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1174a (DIORISIS sentence 3539)
καταφανὴς · kataphanēs Demosthenes, Against Apaturius 3 (DIORISIS sentence 4)
καταφανὲς · kataphanes Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 1 41 (DIORISIS sentence 125)

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