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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[show through]], [[let]] a thing [[be seen through]], τὴν λευκότητα δ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>735b20</span>; Ἀὼς καλὸν διέφαινε πρόσωπον <span class="bibl">Theoc.18.26</span>; δ. τὰς ἑαυτῶν φύσεις <span class="bibl">Plb.12.24.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[allow light to pass]], <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span> 27.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[convey]] (to the reader), κατασκευήν <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span>2.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Pass., [[show through]], <b class="b3">νεκύων δ. χῶρος</b> [[showed clear]] of dead bodies, <span class="bibl">Il. 8.491</span>; to [[be seen through]] a transparent substance, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.24</span>; μέλαν τὸ μὴ διαφαινόμενον [[impervious to light]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>780a34</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pr.</span>936a8</span>; <b class="b3">λίθος διαφαινόμενος</b> [[transparent]] stone, <span class="bibl">Agatharch.82</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">to glow, to be red-hot</b>, μοχλὸς διεφαίνετο αἰνῶς <span class="bibl">Od.9.379</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[to be proved]], [[show itself]], ἐν πείρα τέλος -εται <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>3.71</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.51</span>; to [[be conspicuous]], δυνάμει ταῦτα μέγιστα διεφάνη <span class="bibl">Id.1.18</span>; [[stand out]], [[excel]], <b class="b3">πάνθ' ἁπλῶς ἂ διαφαίνεται</b> prob. in <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Po.</span>5.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> intr., [[show light through]], [[to be transparent]], ἱμάτια -οντα <span class="bibl">Philem.81</span>; [[dawn]], ἡμέρης -ούσης <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.219</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.83</span>: metaph., [[shine through]], τὸ μεγαλοπρεπὲς διὰ τοῦ προσώπου διαφαίνει <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.10.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">πυρὰ διέφᾱνε</b> (Dor. aor. 1) the pyre [[parted its flames]], so as to allow a passage, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.44</span> (v.l. [[-φαινε]]).</span>