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|Full diacritics=ἐπιφανής
|Medium diacritics=ἐπιφανής
|Low diacritics=επιφανής
|Capitals=ΕΠΙΦΑΝΗΣ
|Transliteration A=epiphanḗs
|Transliteration B=epiphanēs
|Transliteration C=epifanis
|Beta Code=e)pifanh/s
|Definition=ές, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">coming to light, coming suddenly into view, appearing</b>, of gods, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.27</span>, etc. : hence, <b class="b2">present to aid</b>, θεοὶ -έστατοι <span class="bibl">D.S.1.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of places and things, <b class="b2">in full view</b>, <b class="b3">πόλις ἐ. ἔξωθεν</b>, of a place <b class="b2">commanded by another</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.96</span>, <span class="bibl">7.19</span> ; τινι <b class="b2">to</b> one, ib. <span class="bibl">3</span> ; ἔχειν ἐπιφανεῖς θηλάς <b class="b2">visible</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>504b23</span> ; φλέβες <b class="b2">prominent</b>, Gal.17(2).209. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">manifest, evident</b>, ὄνειδος <span class="bibl">Democr.218</span> (Comp.); ἐκ τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων σημείων <span class="bibl">Th.1.21</span> ; διὰ τὸ μὴ ἐ. εἶναι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span> 1126a23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of men, <b class="b2">conspicuous, notable, distinguished</b> by rank, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.89</span>,al.; <b class="b3">οἰκίη οὐκ ἐ</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">172</span> ; <b class="b2">notable</b>, either for good or ill, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Mem.</span>3.1.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.14.12</span> (Sup.); <b class="b3">ἀνδρείᾳ</b> <b class="b2">for</b> courage, <span class="bibl">Th.6.72</span> ; πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>629e</span>; <b class="b2">famous, renowned</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>7.6</span> (Comp.), etc.; ἀνδρῶν ἐ. πᾶσα γῆ τάφος <span class="bibl">Th.2.43</span>; of things, places, etc., χώρα <span class="title">OGI</span>90.46 (Rosetta, ii B.C.); -εστέρα τιμή <span class="title">IPE</span>12.34.22 (Olbia, i B.C.); -έσταται τιμαί <span class="title">IG</span>9(2).1109.10 (Magn.Thess.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of things, <b class="b2">remarkable</b>, οὗτοί σφεων οἱ -έστατοι νόμοι εἰσί <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.6</span> ; -εστάτη χρεία <span class="bibl">Plb.1.78.11</span> ; <b class="b3">-εστάτη μάχη</b> Anon.Hist.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>12ii31. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> as a title of divinities, τῶν -εστάτων θεῶν <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1179 (Sparta) ; also of Eastern Kings, e.g.Ptolemy V, <span class="title">OG</span>190.5(Rosetta, ii B.C.); Antiochus of Syria, <span class="bibl">Plb. 26.1a</span>.<span class="bibl">1</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. -νῶς <b class="b2">openly, conspicuously</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.91</span>,<span class="bibl">5.105</span> (Sup.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">with distinction</b>, λαμπρῶς καὶ ἐ. <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.844 (Phrygia), cf.<span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>7.3.1</span> : Comp. -έστερον, ζην <b class="b2">with greater distinction</b>, <span class="bibl">Men. 223.19</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0998.png Seite 998]] ές, erscheinend, sichtbar; ἐφάνη Αἰγυπτίοισιν ὁ [[Ἆπις]]· ἐπιφανέος δὲ γενομένου Her. 3, 27; ἦν δὲ οὐκ ἐπιφανὲς τὸ [[χωρίον]] τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις Thuc. 7, 3, vgl. 5, 10. 6, 96; ἐπιφανέστατα σημεῖα, die deutlichsten Zeichen, 1, 21; ῥίζαι μετέωροι καὶ ἐπιφανεῖς Theophr.; von Göttern, D. Sic. 1, 17, wie praesentes, sichtbare Hülfe bringend. – Bes. hervorleuchtend, ausgezeichnet, berühmt, von Personen u. Sachen, [[οἶκος]] ἐπιφανέστερος Pind. P. 7, 7, wie [[οἰκία]] Her. 2, 72; οἱ ἐπιφανέστατοι νόμοι 5, 26; τὰς γυναῖκας τῶν ἐπιφανέων ἀνδρῶν 2, 89, vornehme Männer, wie Thuc. 2, 43; καὶ καλὸν [[ἔργον]] Plat. Legg. VIII, 829 c; Lys. 14, 12; [[πόλεμος]] Isocr. 4, 68; οἱ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον ἐπιφανεῖς Plat. Legg. I, 629 e. – Adv. ἐπιφανῶς, dem [[κρύφα]] entgegengesetzt, Thuc. 1, 91 u. A.
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|lstext='''ἐπιφανής''': -ές, ὁ εἰς φῶς ἐρχόμενος, [[αἴφνης]] παρουσιαζόμενος, ἐπὶ θεῶν, Ἡρόδ. 3. 27, κτλ.˙ [[ἐντεῦθεν]], παρὼν πρὸς βοήθειαν, Λατ. praesens, θεοὶ ἐπιφανέστατοι Διόδ. 1. 17, [[ἔνθα]] ἴδε Wessel. 2) ἐπὶ τόπων καὶ πραγμάτων, [[καταφανής]], [[περιφανής]], [[πόλις]] ἐπ. [[ἔξωθεν]] Θουκ. 5. 10, πρβλ. 6. 96., 7. 19˙ τινὶ 7. 3˙ ἔχειν ἐπιφανεῖς θηλάς, ὁρατάς, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 2. 13, 3. 3) δῆλος, [[κατάδηλος]], ἐκ τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων σημείων Θουκ. 1. 21˙ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἐπ. [[εἶναι]] Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 4. 5, 10. ΙΙ. ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων, [[ἔνδοξος]], ἀξιοσημείωτος, ἔχων διακεκριμένην θέσιν, Ἡρόδ. 2. 89 κ. ἀλλ.˙ οἰκίης οὐκ ἐπ. [[αὐτόθι]] 172˙ ὀνομαστὸς [[εἴτε]] ἐπὶ καλῷ [[εἴτε]] ἐπὶ κακῷ, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 3. 1, 10, Λυσ. 140. 36˙ ἀνδρείᾳ Θουκ. 6. 72˙ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον Πλάτ. Νόμ. 629 Ε: ― [[καθόλου]], [[περιβόητος]], [[εὐκλεής]], Λατ. illustris, Πινδ. Π. 7. 7, κτλ.˙ ἀνδρῶν ἐπιφανῶν πᾶσα γῆ [[τάφος]] Θουκ. 2. 43. 2) ἐπὶ πραγμάτων, [[ἄξιος]] προσοχῆς, σημειώσεως, οὗτοι [[σφέων]] οἱ ἐπιφανέστατοι νόμοι εἰσὶ Ἡρόδ. 5. 6˙ ἐπιφανεστάτη [[χρεία]] Πολύβ. 1. 78, 11. 3) ὡς ἐπίθ. θεῶν, τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων θεῶν, Διὸς κτλ., Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 1392 κ. ἀλλ.˙ [[ὡσαύτως]] ἐπὶ βασιλέων ἐν τῇ Ἀνατολῇ, π. χ. ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἀντιόχου τῆς Συρίας, Πολύβ. 26. 10, 1, κτλ. ΙΙΙ. Ἐπίρρ. -νῶς, Θουκ. 1. 91˙ συγκρ. -έστερον, Μένανδ. ἐν «Θεοφορουμένῃ» 2. 19˙ ὑπερθ. -έστατα, Θουκ. 5. 105.
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|btext=ής, ές :<br /><b>1</b> qui est en vue, visible;<br /><b>2</b> qui apparaît tout à coup;<br /><b>3</b> manifeste, évident;<br /><b>4</b> <i>fig.</i> illustre, éclatant;<br /><i>Cp.</i> ἐπιφανέστερος, <i>Sp.</i> ἐπιφανέστατος.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[ἐπιφαίνω]].
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{{Slater
|sltr=<b>ἐπῐφᾰνής</b> <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> [[illustrious]] [[ἐπεὶ]] [[τίνα]] πάτραν, [[τίνα]] οἶκον ναίων ὀνυμάξεαι ἐπιφανέστερον Ἑλλάδι [[πυθέσθαι]] (P. 7.7)
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|strgr=from [[ἐπιφαίνω]]; [[conspicuous]], i.e. ([[figuratively]]) [[memorable]]: [[notable]].
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