ἐμφανής
τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid
English (LSJ)
ές,
A showing in itself, reflecting, of mirrors, Pl.Ti. 46a. II visible to the eye, manifest, a of persons, S.Tr.199, etc.; esp. of the gods appearing bodily among men, E.Ba.22, Ar.V. 733, Pl.Alc.2.141a; so ὄψις ἐ. ἐνυπνίων A.Pers.518; τέκμαρ Ch.667; ἐ. τινὰ ἰδεῖν see him bodily, S.Aj.538, cf. Ar. Th.682; μαθεῖν S.El. 1454; πῶς ἂν ὑμὶν ἐμφανὴς . . γενοίμην; how could I make it manifest? Id.Ph.531; ἐμφανὴς τιμαῖσιν, = ἐμφανῶς τιμώμενος, Id.OT909 (lyr.); ἐ. ζῷα familiar animals, Epicur.Ep.2p.43U. b as legal term, ἐμφανῆ παρέχειν τινά to produce a person or thing in open court, Antipho 5.36, cf. D.56.38; so ἐμφανῆ καταστῆσαι produce in court, either the property or the vouchers, Id.52.10; ἐμφανῶν κατάστασις, actio ad exhibendum, Is.6.31, D.53.14. c of things, οὐ γάρ ἐστι τἀμφανῆ κρύπτειν S.OC755; ἐ. τεκμήρια visible proofs, Id.El.1109; ἄλγος ἐ. Pi.Fr.210; κλαυθμός Hdt.1.111; μεῖξις ib.203; Χυμοί Thphr. CP6.3.4 (Sup.); ἐ. κόσμος visible sky, Vett. Val.8.12; τὰ ἐ. κτήματα the actual property, X.HG5.2.10; τοῦ μέλλοντος καὶ μὴ -οῦς Th.3.42; εἰς τοὐμφανὲς ἰέναι to come into light, come forward, X. Mem.4.3.13; εἰς τοὐ. ᾠοτοκεῖν, ζῳοτοκεῖν, Arist.HA510b20, 511a23; ἀεὶ ἐ. εἶναι to be constantly in evidence, X.Ages.9.1. 2 manifest, palpable, τυραννίς Ar.V.417; βία Th.4.86; ἐ. λόγος a plain speech, A.Eu.420; τῷ ἐμφανεῖ λόγῳ openly, Th.7.48; τὴν διάνοιαν ἐ. ποιεῖν διὰ φωνῆς Pl.Tht.206d; ἐμφανές ἐστιν ὅτι . . X.Hier.9.10. 3 wellknown, τὰ ἐ. Hdt.2.33; ἐμφανῆ γὰρ ἦν S.Ant.448; conspicuous, notable, ἀνήρ D.S.1.68. III Adv. -νῶς, Ion. -νέως, visibly, openly, Hdt.1.140, A.Ag.626, Th.7.48, etc.; λέγειν Ar.Ach.312; ἐ. ἐλευθεροῦν without doubt, Hdt.6.123; ἐ. ἠμύνατο openly, i.e. not secretly or treacherously, S.Tr.278; οὐ λόγοις, ἀλλ' ἐ. but really, Ar.Nu.611: Comp. -έστερον Pl.Phlb.31e. 2 neut. Adj., ἐκ τοῦ ἐ. Hdt.3.150, 4.120, al.; ἐν τῷ ἐ. Th.2.21, X.An.2.5.25.