STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: ἐπιδείκνυμι

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ἐπιδείκ-νῡμι -νύω, ἐπιδεικνύω

[[ “PPetr.” 2p.110 (3rd c.BC))] Refs 3rd c.BC+], future -δείξω: aorist ἐπέδειξα, Ionic dialect [[ ἐπέδεξα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—exhibit as a specimen, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ach..” 765] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, display, exhibit, [[ βίαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 11.14; τεκμήρια Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Supplices” 53 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ἑωυτόν τινι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.42; πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα τινί [prev\. author] 3.135, compare 6.61; ἐ. τὸ στράτευμά τινι] Refs 5th c.BC+] parade it before.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 1.2.14, compare “Cyr.” 5.5.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of speeches, compositions, etc., ἐπιδειξάτω τῇ βουλῇ he shall exhibit his draft, [[“IG” 12.76.60; ἐ. λόγον Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Equites” 349; ῥαψῳδίαν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Leges” 658b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.7 (_passive_); σοφίαν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Euthydemus” 274a, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Smp.” 3.3. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]

__2. more frequently in middle, show off or display for oneself or what is one's own, μουσικὰν ὀρθὰν ἐ. give a specimen of his article., [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “fragment” 32; ἐμὲ ἐπεδέξατο γυμνήν] Refs 5th c.BC+] exhibited me naked, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11; πάντα τὸν στρατόν] Refs 5th c.BC+] showed all his army, [[ [prev\. author] 7.146; ἐ. τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον] Refs] recall Alexander, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrh.” 8; especially of one's personal qualities, ἐπιδείκνυσθαι τὴν αὑτοῦ δύναμιν Andocides Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 4.14 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; σοφίαν, πονηρίαν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 258a, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 20.4, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “An.” 1.9.16; ἐπιδείξασθαι αὑτὸν ἀβέβηλον “Inscription Prien.” 113.66 (1st c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

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__II. show, point out, [[ τινὶ τὴν αἰτίαν [prev\. author] “Phd.” 100b, compare 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.177; τὴν πονηρίαν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Protagoras” 346a ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. αὐτήν, ἥτις [[ ἐστίν Pl.Comedy texts 173.5 ] Refs]; ἐ. τὸν ἀλεκτρυόν᾽ ὡς ἐτυράννει show, prove that.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Av.” 483, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.4; ὅτι.. Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 391e ] Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.: with participle, ἐ. πάντα [[ ἐόντα μεγάλα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τινὰ φονέα ὄντα show that one is a murderer, variant in [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.3, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.64 (where perhaps ἐπ- ` _as an afterthought_ '); ἐ. τινὰ δωροδοκήσαντα] Refs 5th c.BC+] prove that one took bribes, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” 832 (_anapaest meter_); ἐπιδείξω σε ταῦτα ὁμολογοῦντα Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Euthydemus” 295a, compare “Chrm.” 158d; ψυχὴν ἐ. πρες βυτέραν οὖσαν τοῦ σώματος [prev\. author] “Lg.” 892c ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. αὑτὸν φοβερὸν (i.e. [[ ὄντἀ καὶ μέγα δυνάμενον Andocides Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 4.11 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: with accusative, ἐ. ὅ τι ἂν ἐγκαλῇ [[ ἐναντίον ἀνδρῶν τριῶν “PEleph.” 1.7 (4th c.BC), etc.:] Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, ἐπιδείκνυται αὐθέντης (i.e. ὤν) [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.4.9; ἐπεδείχθησαν οὐδὲν βελτίους ὄντες Isocrates Orator [{5-6th c.BC}] 4.145, compare 18.56; κινδυνεύσεις ἐπιδεῖξαι χρηστὸς εἶναι Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 2.3.17 ] Refs 6th c.BC+] (ἐπιδεῖξαι secl. Cobet).