καταφανῆ (kataphane)

καταφανῆ is an Ancient Greek form of καταφανής, meaning “clearly visible, evident”. It is the nominative plural neuter adjective.

It can also be a form of καταφαίνω, “show clearly”. It is the 3rd person singular aorist passive subjunctive.

Found 42 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.29.3: … ι μὲν γὰρ τὰς ἐκείνων ἁμαρτίας καὶ παρασκευὴν ὑπὸ τῆς ὕλης οὐκ ἂν ὁμοίως δῆλα εἶναι, τοῦ δὲ αὑτῶν στρατοπέδου καταφανῆ ἂν εἶναι πάντα τὰ ἁμαρτήματα, ὥστε προσπίπτειν ἂν αὐτοὺς ἀπροσδοκήτως ᾗ βούλοιντο· ἐπ’ ἐκείνοις γὰρ εἶναι ἂν …

Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, Epistulae 20: … ς γνωρίζοντες ἀπὸ ὀλίγων ἀφορμῶν ἐπὶ πολλά σε ὄντα εὑρετικόν. ἐὰν δέ τι σοὶ καὶ ἀσθενέστερον ἔχειν τῆς χρείας καταφανῇ, μὴ κατοκνήσῃς ἐλέγξαι.

All forms of καταφανής (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.