ἐπιφανής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[coming to light]], [[coming suddenly into view]], [[appearing]], of gods, Hdt.3.27, etc. : hence, [[present to aid]], θεοὶ ἐπιφανέστατοι D.S.1.17.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of places and things, [[in full view]], πόλις ἐπιφανὴς ἔξωθεν, of a place [[commanded by another]], Th.5.10, cf. 6.96, 7.19; τινι to one, ib. 3; ἔχειν ἐπιφανεῖς θηλάς [[visible]], Arist.HA504b23; φλέβες [[prominent]], Gal.17(2).209.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[manifest]], [[evident]], [[ὄνειδος]] Democr.218 (Comp.); ἐκ τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων σημείων Th.1.21; διὰ τὸ μὴ ἐ. εἶναι Arist. EN 1126a23.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of men, [[conspicuous]], [[notable]], [[distinguished]] by [[rank]], Hdt.2.89,al.; οἰκίης οὐκ ἐπιφανέος = of a not [[famous]] [[family]] ib.172; [[notable]], either for [[good]] or [[ill]], X. Mem.3.1.10, Lys.14.12 (Sup.); [[ἀνδρείᾳ]] = [[for]] [[courage]], Th.6.72; πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον Pl.Lg.629e; [[famous]], [[renowned]], Pi.P.7.6 (Comp.), etc.; [[ἀνδρῶν γὰρ ἐπιφανῶν πᾶσα γῆ τάφος]] = [[the whole earth is the tomb of famous men]] Th.2.43; of things, places, etc., χώρα OGI90.46 (Rosetta, ii B.C.); ἐπιφανεστέρα [[τιμή]] IPE12.34.22 (Olbia, i B.C.); ἐπιφανέσταται τιμαί IG9(2).1109.10 (Magn.Thess.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of things, [[remarkable]], οὗτοί σφεων οἱ ἐπιφανέστατοι νόμοι εἰσί Hdt.5.6; ἐπιφανεστάτη [[χρεία]] Plb.1.78.11; ἐπιφανεστάτη [[μάχη]] Anon.Hist.Oxy.12ii31.<br><span class="bld">3</span> as a title of [[divinity|divinities]], τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων θεῶν IG5(1).1179 (Sparta); also of [[Eastern]] Kings, e.g. [[Ptolemy]] V, OG190.5(Rosetta, ii B.C.); [[Antiochus]] of [[Syria]], Plb. 26.1a.''1'', etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ἐπιφανῶς]] = [[openly]], [[conspicuously]], [[in a visible way]], [[manifestly]], Th.1.91,5.105 (Sup.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[with distinction]], [[notably]], [[λαμπρῶς]] καὶ [[ἐπιφανῶς]] IGRom.4.844 (Phrygia), cf.J.BJ7.3.1 : Comp. [[ἐπιφανέστερον]], [[ζῆν]] = [[live]] [[with greater distinction]], Men. 223.19.