declare

From LSJ

πατρίς, ὡς ἔοικε, φίλτατον βροτοῖς → Homini, ut videtur, patria res dulcissima est → Die Heimat ist der Menschen Liebstes, wie es scheint

Menander, Monostichoi, 216

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verb transitive

make known, explain: P. and V. φαίνειν, ἐξηγεῖσθαι, ἑρμηνεύειν, συμβάλλειν, δηλοῦν, σημαίνειν (Plato), δεικνύναι, φράζειν, διειπεῖν (Plato), V. ἐκφράζειν, σαφηνίζειν (also Xen.).

express (an opinion): P. and V. ἀποφαίνεσθαι, P. ἀποδείκνυσθαι.

announce: P. and V. ἀγγέλλω, ἀγγέλλειν, ἀπαγγέλλω, ἀπαγγέλλειν, διαγγέλλειν, ἐξαγγέλλω, ἐξαγγέλλειν, ἐκφέρω, ἐκφέρειν, σημαίνειν, προσημαίνειν, V. προεννέπειν, γεγωνεῖν, γεγωνίσκειν, προφωνεῖν, ἐκβάζειν, Ar. and V. θροεῖν; see also proclaim, say.

narrate: P. and V. λέγω, λέγειν, ἐξηγεῖσθαι, διέρχεσθαι, ἐπεξέρχεσθαι, φράζειν, ἐξειπεῖν, Ar. and P. διηγεῖσθαι, διεξέρχεσθαι, V. ἐκφράζειν, πιφαύσκειν (Aesch.).

assert: P. and V. φάσκειν. φάναι, P. διατείνεσθαι, ἰσχυρίζεσθαι, διισχυρίζεσθαι, V. αὐχεῖν (rare P.), ἐξαυχεῖν.

declare as a witness: P. and V. μαρτυρεῖν.

declare on oath: see swear.

declare for, take the side of: P. and V. προστίθεσθαι (dat.).

declare (war): P. προαγορεύειν (πόλεμον).

waiting to see on which side victory would declare itself: P. περιορώμενοι ὁποτέρων ἡ νίκη ἔσται (Thuc. 4, 73).