φανερός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φαίνω (phaínō) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

Adjective

φᾰνερός • (phanerós) m (feminine φᾰνερᾱ́, neuter φᾰνερόν); first/second declension

1. visible, manifest, evident, apparent
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.24
   • 405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 501
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 608
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 13.98
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 630B
   • 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 1236
   • 409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1291
   • 416 BCE, Euripides, Herakles 658
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.15
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.5
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.42
   • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Second Tetralogy 3.7
   • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 53
   • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, First Tetralogy 2.6
   • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, On the Olive Stump 12
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.26
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.18
   • 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, On the Murder of Herodes 23
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 2.2.12
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.1.17
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.9.2
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 70D
   1. (of property) real
      • 445 BCE – 380 BCE, Lysias, Against Diogeiton 4
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Polycles 8
   2. (of votes) open
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Macartatus 82
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians 68.2
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.74
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 767D
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 855D
   3. (adverbial) openly, manifestly
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.71
      • 525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1090
      • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 833
      • 423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 291
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.87
      • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 182D
      • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, To Nicocles 3
      • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.91
      • 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 657A.2
      1. (joined with prepositions in adverbial sense)
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.96
         • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.126
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.79
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 6.5.16
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.11.8
         • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 4.4
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.55
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 1.3.21
         • 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 235
         • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Agesilaus 5.7
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.6
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.23
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.27
         • 380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 480C
         • 411 BCE, Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 525
         • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.69
2. (of gods, people) known, acknowledged, conspicuous
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.146
   • 429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 507
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 861
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.11
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 7.5.58
   • 170 CE – 250 CE, Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 2.20
   1. open, frank
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1149B.15

Inflection

Derived terms

• φᾰνερόω (phaneróō)

Descendants

• Greek: φανερός (fanerós)
• →⇒ English: Phanerozoic, phanerite, phaneritic, phaneron

Further reading

• “φανερός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φανερός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φανερός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “φανερός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G5318 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • apparent idem, page 34.
  • barefaced idem, page 63.
  • clear idem, page 136.
  • conspicuous idem, page 164.
  • declared idem, page 201.
  • discernible idem, page 229.
  • distinct idem, page 241.
  • evident idem, page 285.
  • flagrant idem, page 325.
  • manifest idem, page 511.
  • naked idem, page 550.
  • noticeable idem, page 562.
  • observable idem, page 567.
  • obvious idem, page 568.
  • open idem, page 574.
  • ostentatious idem, page 580.
  • overt idem, page 586.
  • palpable idem, page 590.
  • patent idem, page 598.
  • perceptible idem, page 607.
  • plain idem, page 616.
  • tangible idem, page 855.
  • traceable idem, page 885.
  • undoubted idem, page 915.
  • unmistakable idem, page 925.
  • visible idem, page 954.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek φανερός (phanerós).

Adjective

φανερός • (fanerós) m (feminine φανερή, neuter φανερό)

1. overt

Declension

Antonyms

• κρυφός (kryfós, “hidden, secret”)
• μυστικός (mystikós, “secret”)

Related terms

Further reading

• φανερός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.