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