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ἐπίδειξις

ἐπίδειξις, ἐπίδειξις, ἐπιδείξεως, ἡ, display, demonstration

ἐπίδειξις, Ion. ἐπίδεξις, εως, ἡ,
  • showing forth, making known, τοῦτο ἐς ἐ. ἀνθρώπων ἀπίκετο became notorious, Hdt. 2.46.
      • 2 exhibition, display, demonstration, τῆς δυνάμεως Th. 6.31; ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι, of a military demonstration, Id. 3.16; ἓν τοῦτʼ ἦν τῆς ἐ. showing off, Pl. Grg. 447c: generally, ἐ. ποιήσασθαι ᾗ . . exhibit how . ., Id. Phd. 99d; ἐλθεῖν εἰς ἐπίδειξίν τινι come to display oneself to one, Ar. Nu. 269; ἡ ἐ. (sc. τοῦ κάλλους) X. Mem. 3.11.2; ἐ. ποιήσασθαι τῆς σοφίας Arist. Pol. 1259a19.
      • 3 esp. λόγων ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι D. 18.280: abs., set speech, declamation, Th. 3.42; ἐ. ποιήσασθαι Pl. Grg. 447c, cf. Isoc. 4.17, 5.17: pl., SIG 577.53 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.), 775.3 (Delph., i B.C.).
        • b name of a trireme at Athens, IG 2(2).1623.144.
      • 4 proof, Men. 161.2 (pl.), PTaur. 1.1 vii 7 (pl., ii B.C.), etc.
    • II example, ἐπίδειξις Ἑλλάδι an example to Greece, E. Ph. 871; ἐπίδειξιν ποιεῖσθαί τινι ὡς . . give a sign or proof that . ., Aeschin. 1.47.

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