__c γόνον Ἑλένῃ φ. show her a child, i. e. grant her to bear one, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.12 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. παράκοιτίν τινι show (i.e. give) one a wife, [[ 15.26. ] Refs]
__2 of sound, make it clear to the ear, make it ring clear, ἀοιδὴν φαίνειν [[ 8.499; σάλπιγξ.. ὑπέρτονον γήρυμα φαινέτω στρατῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 569. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II appear to be so and so, with infinitive, δμῳάων ἥ τίς τοι ἀρίστη φαίνεται εἶναι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.25, compare 11.336; οὐ γάρ σφιν ἐφαίνετο κέρδιον εἶναι 14.355; τοῦτό μοι θειότατον φαίνεται γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.137; εὖ σὺ λέγειν φαίνει 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 403 (_anapaest meter_), compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 319, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently with infinitive omitted, οὗ καὶ πρόσθεν ἀρίστη φαίνετο βουλή [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.94, compare 2.5; ὅς τις φαίνηται ἄριστος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.106; σμερδαλέος αὐτῇσι φάνη 6.137; ἕρμαιον ἂν ἐφάνη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 368d, etc.: but in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, etc., ] Refs 8th c.BC+] also with participle, to be manifest: thus, ἐμοὶ σὺ πλουτέειν μέγα φαίνεαι you appear to me to be very rich, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but εὔνοος ἐφαίνετο ἐών he was manifestly well-inclined, [[ [prev. author] 7.173, compare 175, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἄκαιρα φαίνεται λέγειν he appears to be speaking.., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1036 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but φανέονται λέγοντες οὐδέν it will be manifest that they talk nonsense, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.35; φαίνομαι δύο καθορᾶν εἴδη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 235d; but οὐκ ἂν φανεῖμεν πήματ᾽ ἔρξαντες 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 786; πλαγκτὸς οὖσ᾽ ἐφαινόμην [prev. author] “Ag.” 593, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.89, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 343; ἐφάνησαν πεπονθότες 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 22c: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]participle omitted, πέφανται ἁρματηλάτας σοφός (i.e. ὤν) [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.115, compare “N.” 6.14; κρατηθεὶς ἡμερώτερος φανεῖ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1632 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Κᾶρες ἐφάνησαν (i.e. ὄντες) they were seen to be Carians, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί φαίνομαι (i.e. ὤν) δῆτ; what do I look like? [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 925; ὡς ἀγαθοὶ.. ἐφάνησαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 408a: hence φαίνεσθαι, opposed to εἶναι, εἶναι μὲν ὅσπερ εἰμί, φαίνεσθαι δὲ μή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 698 (cited in 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 441); στρατηγὸς ἀγαθὸς μὴ ὢν φαίνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.7.3; ὀλίγοι καὶ ὄντες καὶ φαινόμενοι [prev. author] “HG” 6.5.28. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.II.2 in Philosophy, φαίνομαι (absolutely) is sometimes used of what appears to the senses, φαίνεται δ᾽ οὐδὲν is observed, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 204b35, compare “Cael.” 312b30; φ. κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν [prev. author] “GA” 716a31 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: sometimes of what is mentally manifest, [[ [prev. author] “EN” 1175a29 ] Refs]; to be evident, [[ [prev. author] “APr.” 24b24 ] Refs]: especially appear to the imagination [[compare (φαντασία 2), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 264b; φ. καὶ μύουσιν ὁράματα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 428a16; φ. δέ τι.. οἷον τὰ ἐν τοῖς ὕπνοις [prev. work] a7: distinguished from αἰσθάνεσθαι and δοξάζειν, [prev. work] b1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially in participle φαινόμενος, η, ον:
__B.II.2.a appearing in sense experience, τὰ φ. κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν [[ [prev. author] “Cael.” 303a22, +others; εἴτε τὰ δοκοῦντα πάντα ἐστὶν ἀληθῆ καὶ τὰ φ. [prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1009a8, compare “de An.” 404a29 (_sing._); τὰ φ. ] Refs]sense-data, [[ [prev. author] “PA” 639b8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1pp.9,10 U., +others: Astron., τὰ φ.] Refs 4th c.BC+] = celestial phenomena, title of a work by Eudoxus, versified by Aratus, [[ 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.1.8, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 293b27; πρός τινας δόξας αὑτῶν τὰ φ. προσέλκοντες [prev. work] 293a26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, τὸ μὴ ἐκ φαινομένων τὸ βλεπόμενον γεγονέναι [[ NT.Heb.11.3. ] NT]
__B.II.2.b mentally apparent, opposed to ὄντα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 596e, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 100b24, “EN” 1113a24; τὰ οὖν ἐμοὶ φαινόμενα οὕτω φαίνεται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 517b; [νοῦς] τῶν φ. θειότατον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1074b16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ φ. εἰπεῖν to express one's opinion, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.158c] Refs 1st c.AD+]: hence, specious, fallacious, φ. ἐνθυμήματα, opposed to ὄντα, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1402a28. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__B.II.2.c τὰ φ. what is to be seen, show, [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 30.28. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
