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|mdlsjtxt=[φάω]<br />A. Act. to [[bring]] to [[light]], make to [[appear]], Hom., etc.:—Mid. to [[exhibit]] as one's own, Soph.<br />b. to [[show]] [[forth]], make [[known]], [[reveal]], [[disclose]], [[show]], Od., Soph. etc.: [[γόνον]] Ἑλένηι φ. to [[show]] her a [[child]], i. e. [[grant]] her to [[bear]] one, Od.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of [[sound]], to make it [[clear]] to the ear, make it [[ring]] [[clear]], Od., Aesch.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to make [[clear]], [[explain]], [[expound]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> in [[attic]] to [[inform]] [[against]] one, to [[indict]], [[impeach]], Ar.:— to [[inform]] of a [[thing]] as contraband, Ar.: Pass., τὰ φανθέντα articles informed [[against]] as contraband, Dem.<br />b. absol. to [[give]] [[information]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> φαίνειν φρουράν at [[Sparta]], to [[proclaim]] a [[levy]], [[call]] out the [[array]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> absol. to [[give]] [[light]], Od.; so of the sun, [[moon]], etc., φ. τινί Ar., Theocr.; so of the [[Dioscuri]] [[shining]] in mid-air, Eur.; ἀγανὴ φαίνουσ' [[ἐλπίς]] [[soft]] [[shining]] [[hope]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> Hom. uses the ionic aor. [[φάνεσκε]] [[really]] intr., appeared:— also perf. 2 [[πέφηνα]] is intr., Hdt., Soph., Dem.<br />B. Pass. to [[come]] to [[light]], be [[seen]], [[appear]], Hom.; of [[fire]], to [[shine]] [[brightly]], Hom.:—often of the [[rising]] of [[heavenly]] bodies, Il., Hes.; of daybreak, φάνη [[ῥοδοδάκτυλος]] Ἠώς Hom.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of persons, to [[come]] [[into]] [[being]], φανεὶς [[δύστηνος]] [[born]] to [[misery]], Soph.; [[δοῦλος]] [[φανείς]] shown to be, having [[become]], a [[slave]], Soph.:—also of events, [[τέλος]] [[πέφανται]] Il.; τὸ φανθέν [[what]] has [[once]] [[come]] to [[light]], Soph., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[appear]] to be so and so, c. inf., [[ἥτις]] ἀρίστη φαίνεται [[εἶναι]] Od.; τοῦτό μοι θειότατον φαίνεται [[γενέσθαι]] Hdt.:—inf. omitted, [[ὅστις]] φαίνηται [[ἄριστος]] Od., etc.:—also c. [[part]]., but φαίνεσθαι c. inf. indicates that a [[thing]] appears to be so and so, φαίνεσθαι c. [[part]]. states the [[fact]] that it [[manifestly]] is so and so, ἐμοὶ σὺ πλουτέειν φαίνεαι you [[appear]] to me to be [[rich]], Hdt.; but, [[εὔνοος]] ἐφαίνετο ἐών he was [[manifestly]] well-inclined, Hdt.; φαίνεται ὁ [[νόμος]] βλάπτων the law [[manifestly]] harms, but, φαίνεται ὁ [[νόμος]] [[ἡμᾶς]] βλάψειν it appears [[likely]] to [[harm]] us, Dem.:—with the [[part]]. omitted, Κᾶρες ἐφάνησαν (''[[sc.]]'' ὄντες) they were [[manifest]] Carians, Thuc.; τί φαίνομαι (''[[sc.]]'' ὤν); [[what]] do I [[look]] like? Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in [[dialogue]], φαίνεταί σοι [[ταῦτα]]; does [[this]] [[appear]] so? is not [[this]] so? Answ. φαίνεται, yes, Plat.; [[τοῦτο]] φῆις [[εἶναι]]; Answ. φαίνομαι (''[[sc.]]'' λέγειν) Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[οὐδαμοῦ]] φανῆναι [[nullo]] in [[loco]] haberi, Plat.