ἐπιδείκνυμι νύω

ἐπιδείκ-νῡμι -νύω PPetr.2p.110 (iii B.C.)), [tense] fut. -δείξω: [tense] aor. ἐπέδειξα, [dialect] Ion.

A

ἐπέδεξα Hdt.2.42

:—exhibit as a specimen, Ar.Ach..765: generally, display, exhibit,

βίαν Pi.N.11.14

;

τεκμήρια A.Supp.53

(lyr.), etc.;

ἑωυτόν τινι Hdt.2.42

;

πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα τινί Id.3.135

, cf. 6.61; ἐ. τὸ στράτευμά τινι parade it before . . , X.An.1.2.14, cf.Cyr.5.5.5; of speeches, compositions, etc., ἐπιδειξάτω τῇ βουλῇ he shall exhibit his draft, IG12.76.60;

ἐ. λόγον Ar.Eq.349

;

ῥαψῳδίαν Pl.Lg.658b

, cf. Isoc.2.7 ([voice] Pass.);

σοφίαν Pl.Euthd.274a

, X.Smp.3.3.

2. more freq. in [voice] Med., show off or display for oneself or what is one's own, μουσικὰν ὀρθὰν ἐ. give a specimen of his art . . , Pi.Fr.32; ἐμὲ ἐπεδέξατο γυμνήν exhibited me naked, Hdt.1.11; πάντα τὸν στρατόν showed all his army, Id.7.146; ἐ. τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον recall Alexander, Plu.Pyrrh. 8; esp. of one's personal qualities,

ἐπιδείκνυσθαι τὴν αὑτοῦ δύναμιν And.4.14

; σοφίαν, πονηρίαν, Pl.Phdr.258a, Isoc.20.4, cf. X.An.1.9.16;

ἐπιδείξασθαι αὑτὸν ἀβέβηλον Inscr.Prien.113.66

(i B.C.).

b. ἐπίδειξαι . . ἅττ' ἐδίδασκες give a specimen of . . , Ar.Nu.935;

τὰ γυμνικά POxy.42.5

(iv A.D.): abs., show off, make a display of one's powers,

ἐπεδείκνυτο τοῖς λωποδύταις Ar.Ra.771

; ὃν . . ἐθεάσασθε ἐπιδεικνύμενον giving a display (of fighting in armour), Pl.La.179e; of a rhetorician lecturing, Id.Phdr.235a;

πολλὰ καὶ καλά Id.Grg.447a

; of epideictic orators, Arist.Rh.1391b26; of a musician, Ael.VH9.36: c. part., ἐ.

ὑπερθέων Pl.Lg.648d

.

II. show, point out,

τινὶ τὴν αἰτίαν Id.Phd. 100b

, cf. Aeschin.1.177;

τὴν πονηρίαν Pl.Prt.346a

; ἐ. αὐτήν, ἥτις

ἐστίν Pl.Com.173.5

; ἐ. τὸν ἀλεκτρυόν' ὡς ἐτυράννει show, prove that . . , Ar.Av.483, cf. Lys.1.4;

ὅτι . . Pl.R.391e

, etc.: c. part., ἐ. πάντα

ἐόντα μεγάλα Hdt.1.30

; ἐ. τινὰ φονέα ὄντα show that one is a murderer, v.l. in Antipho 1.3, cf. Th.3.64 (where perh. ἐπ- `as an afterthought'); ἐ. τινὰ δωροδοκήσαντα prove that one took bribes, Ar.Eq. 832 (anap.);

ἐπιδείξω σε ταῦτα ὁμολογοῦντα Pl.Euthd.295a

, cf.Chrm. 158d;

ψυχὴν ἐ. πρες βυτέραν οὖσαν τοῦ σώματος Id.Lg.892c

; ἐ. αὑτὸν φοβερὸν (sc.

ὄντἀ καὶ μέγα δυνάμενον And.4.11

: c. acc., ἐ. ὅ τι ἂν ἐγκαλῇ

ἐναντίον ἀνδρῶν τριῶν PEleph.1.7

(iv B.C.), etc.:—[voice] Pass., ἐπιδείκνυται αὐθέντης (sc. ὤν) Antipho 3.4.9; ἐπεδείχθησαν οὐδὲν βελτίους

ὄντες Isoc.4.145

, cf. 18.56;

κινδυνεύσεις ἐπιδεῖξαι χρηστὸς εἶναι X.Mem. 2.3.17

(ἐπιδεῖξαι secl. Cobet).

2. [voice] Med.,

τῆς αἰτίας τὸ εἶδος Pl.Phd. 100b

;

ἔργῳ ἐπεδείκνυτο, ὅτι . . X.An.1.9.10

, cf.Is.5.30.