φαίνω
Etym. φάω
A. Act. "to bring to light, make to appear", Hom., etc.:—Mid. "to exhibit as one's own", Soph.
b. "to shew forth, make known, reveal, disclose, shew", Od., Soph. etc.: γόνον Ἑλένηι φ. "to shew" her a child, i. e. grant her to bear one, Od.
2. of sound, "to make" it "clear" to the ear, "make it ring clear", id=Od., Aesch.
3. "to make clear, explain, expound", Hdt.
4. in attic "to inform against" one, "to indict, impeach", Ar.:— "to inform of" a thing "as contraband", id=Ar.: Pass., τὰ φανθέντα articles "informed against" as contraband, Dem.
b. absol. "to give information", Xen.
5. φαίνειν φρουράν at Sparta, "to proclaim" a levy, "call out" the array, id=Xen.
II. absol. "to give light", Od.; so of the sun, moon, etc., φ. τινί Ar., Theocr.; so of the Dioscuri "shining" in mid-air, Eur.; ἀγανὴ φαίνουσ᾽ ἐλπίς soft "shining" hope, Aesch.
III. Hom. uses the ionic aor. φάνεσκε really intr., "appeared":— also perf. 2 πέφηνα is intr., Hdt., Soph., Dem.
B. Pass. "to come to light, be seen, appear", Hom.; of fire, "to shine brightly", id=Hom.:—often of the rising of heavenly bodies, Il., Hes.; of daybreak, φάνη ῥοδοδάκτυλος Ἠώς Hom.
2. of persons, "to come into being", φανεὶς δύστηνος "born" to misery, Soph.; δοῦλος φανείς "shewn to be, having become", a slave, id=Soph.:—also of events, τέλος πέφανται Il.; τὸ φανθέν "what has once come to light", Soph., etc.
II. "to appear to be" so and so, c. inf., ἥτις ἀρίστη φαίνεται εἶναι Od.; τοῦτό μοι θειότατον φαίνεται γενέσθαι Hdt.:—inf. omitted, ὅστις φαίνηται ἄριστος Od., etc.:—also c. part., but φαίνεσθαι c. inf. indicates that "a thing appears to be" so and so, φαίνεσθαι c. part. states the fact "that it manifestly is" so and so, ἐμοὶ σὺ πλουτέειν φαίνεαι you "appear" to me to be rich, Hdt.; but, εὔνοος ἐφαίνετο ἐών he was "manifestly" well-inclined, id=Hdt.; φαίνεται ὁ νόμος βλάπτων the law "manifestly harms", but, φαίνεται ὁ νόμος ἡμᾶς βλάψειν it "appears likely to harm" us, Dem.:—with the part. omitted, Κᾶρες ἐφάνησαν (sc. ὄντες) "they were manifest" Carians, Thuc.; τί φαίνομαι (sc. ὤν); what "do I look like"? Eur.
2. in dialogue, φαίνεταί σοι ταῦτα; "does this appear" so? is not this so? Answ. φαίνεται, "yes", Plat.; [τοῦτο] φῆις εἶναι; Answ. φαίνομαι (sc. λέγειν) Xen.
3. οὐδαμοῦ φανῆναι "nullo in loco haberi", Plat.