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φαίνω

phaino

to show, make visible, bring to light, make known

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Distribution

Densest 12 of 254 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. φαίνω · phainō — Beekes

to show, make visible, bring to light, make known

2. φαίνω · phainō — Chantraine

ομαι (Hom

3. φαίνω · phainō — Frisk

ouaı, m

4. φαίνω · phainō — LSJ

bring to light, cause to appear

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan pp. 1596-1597; entry #6292 Review: Under source audit
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan pp. 1190-1191; entry #8318 Review: Under source audit
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 1954-1955; entry #5872 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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