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φαινο-προσωπέω

phainoprosopeo

show oneʼs face, put in an appearance

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What it meant

φαινο-προσωπέω · phaino-prosōpeō — LSJ

show oneʼs face, put in an appearance, one must put in an appearance

show oneʼs face, put in an appearance, coined by Cic. Att. 7.21.1:—hence φαινο-προσωπητέον, one must put in an appearance, ib. 14.22.2.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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