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διαφαίνω

διαφαίνω, to shew through, let

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διαφαῖνον present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active participle neuter nominative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular of διαφαίνω

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διαφαίνω,
  • 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.
      • 2 allow light to pass, Hero Aut. 27.1.
      • 3 convey (to the reader), κατασκευήν Phld. Po. 2.35.
    • II Pass., show through, νεκύων δ. χῶρος showed clear of dead bodies, Il. 8.491; to be seen through a transparent substance, Hdt. 3.24; μέλαν τὸ μὴ διαφαινόμενον impervious to light, Arist. GA 780a34, cf. Pr. 936a8; λίθος διαφαινόμενος transparent stone, Agatharch. 82.
      • 2 to glow, to be red-hot, μοχλὸς διεφαίνετο αἰνῶς Od. 9.379.
      • 3 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, πάνθʼ ἁπλῶς ἃ διαφαίνεται prob. in Phld. Po. 5.4.
    • III intr., show light through, to be transparent, ἱμάτια -οντα Philem. 81; dawn, ἡμέρης -ούσης Hdt. 7.219, cf. 8.83: metaph., shine through, τὸ μεγαλοπρεπὲς διὰ τοῦ προσώπου διαφαίνει X. Mem. 3.10.5.
      • 2 πυρὰ διέφᾱνε (Dor. aor. 1) the pyre parted its flames, so as to allow a passage, Pi. P. 3.44 (v.l. -φαινε).

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