Ἐμφανές

clear, light, visible

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An epithet of the day; just like that of the night [is] "black night".¹ Sophocles [writes]: "to confine Ajax in his tents during this present light [of] day".

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Ἐμφανές· ἐπίθετον τῆς ἡμέρας· ὡς καὶ τὸ τῆς νυκτός, νύκτα μέλαιναν. Σοφοκλῆς· εἶρξαι κατ' ἦμαρ τοὐμφανὲς τὸ νῦν τόδε αἴανθ' ὑπὸ σκηναῖσιν.

Ἐμφανές · clear, light, visible (ε 1067) · Suda

*)emfane/s: e)pi/qeton th=s h(me/ras: w(s kai\ to\ th=s nukto/s, nu/kta me/lainan. *sofoklh=s: ei)=rcai kat' h)=mar tou)mfane\s to\ nu=n to/de ai)/anq' u(po\ skhnai=sin.

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