ὑποφαίνω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὑποφαίνω
ὑποφανῶ
Structure:
ὑπο
(Prefix)
+
φαίν
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to bring to light from under, he drew, from under
- to shew a little, just shew
- to be seen under
- to just shew oneself, be half seen
- just begins to break, dawning upon us
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἤδη δ’ οὖν ὑπέφαινεν ἡμέρα, καὶ κατελθόντεσ ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν περὶ ἀναγωγὴν ἐγιγνόμεθα. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 9:1)
- "τὴν τράπεζαν ἧκ’ ἔχων, ἐφ’ ἧσ ἐπέκειτ’ οὐ τυρὸσ οὐδ’ ἐλαῶν γένη οὐδὲ παρέχουσαι κνῖσαν ἡμῖν πλείονα παροψίδεσ καὶ λῆροσ, ἀλλὰ παρετέθη ὑπερηφάνωσ ὄζουσα τῶν ̔ Ὡρῶν λοπάσ, τὸ τοῦ πόλου τοῦ παντὸσ ἡμισφαίριον, ἅπαντ’ ἐνῆν τἀκεῖ γὰρ ἐν ταύτῃ καλά, ἰχθῦσ, ἔριφοι, διέτρεχε τούτων σκορπίοσ, ὑπέφαινεν ᾠῶν ἡμίτομα τοὺσ ἀστέρασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 5257)
- καὶ ὃσ εἶπεν ἐρυθριάσασ ‐ ἤδη γὰρ ὑπέφαινέν τι ἡμέρασ, ὥστε καταφανῆ αὐτὸν γενέσθαι ‐ εἰ μέν τι τοῖσ ἔμπροσθεν ἐοίκεν, δῆλον ὅτι σοφιστὴσ γενησόμενοσ. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 21:2)
- ἐπεὶ δ’ ἡμέρα ὑπέφαινεν, ἐπορεύοντο σιγῇ συντεταγμένοι ἐπὶ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 8:2)
- ὁ δὲ ἥδετό τε καὶ ὡσ τάχιστα ἑώσ ὑπέφαινεν ἐθύοντο πάντεσ παρόντεσ οἱ στρατηγοί· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 3 11:1)
Synonyms
-
to bring to light from under
-
to be seen under
Derived
- ἀναφαίνω (to make to give light, make to blaze up, to bring to light)
- ἀποφαίνω (to shew fort, display, produce)
- διαφαίνω (to shew through, let, be seen through)
- ἐκφαίνω (to shew forth, bring to light, disclose)
- ἐμφαίνω (to let, be seen in, to exhibit)
- ἐπιφαίνω (I shine, shed light upon, I show)
- καταφαίνω (to declare, make known, to become visible)
- παραφαίνω (to shew beside or by uncovering, to walk beside and light, light)
- προσφαίνομαι (to appear besides)
- προφαίνω (to bring forth, bring to light, shew forth)
- συναποφαίνομαι (to assert likewise or together, to agree in asserting)
- φαίνω ( I cause to appear, bring to light; I show, uncover)