ἐπίδειξις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἐπίδεξις]], ἐπιδείξεως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[showing forth]], [[making known]], <b class="b3">τοῦτο ἐς ἐπίδεξιν ἀνθρώπων ἀπίκετο</b> became [[notorious]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.46.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[exhibition]], [[display]], [[demonstration]], τῆς δυνάμεως Th.6.31; <b class="b3">ἐπίδειξιν ποιεῖσθαι</b>, of a [[military]] [[demonstration]], Id.3.16; <b class="b3">ἓν τοῦτ' ἦν τῆς ἐπιδείξεως</b> [[showing off]], Pl. ''Grg.''447c: generally, <b class="b3">ἐπίδειξιν ποιήσασθαι ᾗ..</b> [[exhibit]] how... Id.''Phd.''99d; <b class="b3">ἐλθεῖν εἰς ἐπίδειξίν τινι</b> [[come]] to [[display]] oneself to one, Ar.''Nu.''269; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπίδειξις</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τοῦ κάλλους</b>) [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''3.11.2; ἐπίδειξιν ποιήσασθαι τῆς σοφίας Arist. ''Pol.''1259a19.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. esp. [[λόγων ἐπίδειξιν ποιεῖσθαι]] = [[show one's eloquence]] D.18.280: abs., [[set speech]], [[declamation]], Th.3.42; ἐπίδειξιν ποιήσασθαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 447c, cf. Isoc.4.17, 5.17: pl., ''SIG''577.53 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.), 775.3 (Delph., i B.C.).<br><span class="bld">b</span>. name of a [[trireme]] at Athens, ''IG''22.1623.144.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[proof]], Men.161.2 (pl.), ''PTaur.''1.1 vii 7 (pl., ii B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. [[example]], <b class="b3">ἐπίδειξις Ἑλλάδι</b> an [[example]] to [[Greece]], E.''Ph.''871; <b class="b3">ἐπίδειξιν ποιεῖσθαί τινι ὡς..</b> [[give a sign]] or [[give a proof]] that... Aeschin.1.47.