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G01717

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ἐμφανής

Alt. ἐμφα^νής, ές

Gram. adj e)mfa^n hs_es suff_acc

I. "shewing in" itself, "reflecting", of mirrors, Plat.

II. "visible to the eye, manifest", esp. of the gods "appearing bodily" among men, Soph., etc.; so, ἐμφανῆ τινα ἰδεῖν to see him "bodily", id=Soph.:—of things, τἀμφανῆ κρύπτειν id=Soph.; ἐμφ. τεκμήρια "visible" proofs, id=Soph.; τὰ ἐμφ. κτήματα the "actual" property, Xen.

2. ποιεῖν τι ἐμφανές to do it "in public", Lat. in propatulo, Hdt.; τὸ ἐμφ. opp. to τὸ μέλλον, Thuc.; εἰς τοὐμφανὲς ἰέναι to come into "light", Xen.

3. "open, actual, palpable", Ar., Thuc., etc.

4. "manifest, well-known", τὰ ἐμφανῆ Hdt.

III. adv. -νῶς, ionic -νέως, "visibly, openly", Lat. palam, id=Hdt., Aesch., etc.; "openly", i. e. "not secretly or treacherously", Soph.; οὐ λόγοις, ἀλλ᾽ ἐμφανῶς but "really", Ar.

2. so in neut. adj., ἐξ ἐμφανέος or ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφ., Hdt.; ἐν τῷ ἐμφανεῖ Thuc.