φανερός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φαίνω (phaínō, “to show, make visible, bring to light”) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰa.ne.rós/ → /ɸa.neˈros/ → /fa.neˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.ne.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰa.neˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸa.neˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fa.neˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fa.neˈros/

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

First and second declension of φᾰνερός; φᾰνερᾱ́; φᾰνερόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φᾰνερός phanerós	φᾰνερᾱ́ phanerā́	φᾰνερόν phanerón		φᾰνερώ phanerṓ	φᾰνερᾱ́ phanerā́	φᾰνερώ phanerṓ		φᾰνεροί phaneroí	φᾰνεραί phaneraí	φᾰνερᾰ́ phanerá
Genitive		φᾰνεροῦ phaneroû	φᾰνερᾶς phanerâs	φᾰνεροῦ phaneroû		φᾰνεροῖν phaneroîn	φᾰνεραῖν phaneraîn	φᾰνεροῖν phaneroîn		φᾰνερῶν phanerôn	φᾰνερῶν phanerôn	φᾰνερῶν phanerôn
Dative		φᾰνερῷ phanerôi	φᾰνερᾷ phanerâi	φᾰνερῷ phanerôi		φᾰνεροῖν phaneroîn	φᾰνεραῖν phaneraîn	φᾰνεροῖν phaneroîn		φᾰνεροῖς phaneroîs	φᾰνεραῖς phaneraîs	φᾰνεροῖς phaneroîs
Accusative		φᾰνερόν phanerón	φᾰνερᾱ́ν phanerā́n	φᾰνερόν phanerón		φᾰνερώ phanerṓ	φᾰνερᾱ́ phanerā́	φᾰνερώ phanerṓ		φᾰνερούς phaneroús	φᾰνερᾱ́ς phanerā́s	φᾰνερᾰ́ phanerá
Vocative		φᾰνερέ phaneré	φᾰνερᾱ́ phanerā́	φᾰνερόν phanerón		φᾰνερώ phanerṓ	φᾰνερᾱ́ phanerā́	φᾰνερώ phanerṓ		φᾰνεροί phaneroí	φᾰνεραί phaneraí	φᾰνερᾰ́ phanerá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φᾰνερῶς phanerôs				φᾰνερώτερος phanerṓteros				φᾰνερώτᾰτος phanerṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], 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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.neˈɾos/
• Hyphenation: φα‧νε‧ρός

Adjective

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

1. apparent, manifest (capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye)

   Synonyms: ορατός (oratós), θεατός (theatós)

2. apparent, clear, evident, manifest, obvious, overt (easily apprehensible; plain; not obscure or hidden)

   Synonyms: προφανής (profanís), ξεκάθαρος (xekátharos)

   Antonyms: κρυφός (kryfós, “hidden, secret”), μυστικός (mystikós, “secret”)

Declension

Declension of φανερός

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	φανερός •	φανερή •	φανερό •	φανεροί •	φανερές •	φανερά •
genitive	φανερού •	φανερής •	φανερού •	φανερών •	φανερών •	φανερών •
accusative	φανερό •	φανερή •	φανερό •	φανερούς •	φανερές •	φανερά •
vocative	φανερέ •	φανερή •	φανερό •	φανεροί •	φανερές •	φανερά •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο φανερός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο φανερός, etc.)

Derived terms

• φανερά (fanerá, “overtly”, adverb)

 

Related terms

• αναφαίνομαι (anafaínomai, “to appear, to look again”)
• αναφανδόν (anafandón, “overtly”, adverb)
• φαίνομαι (faínomai, “to appear, to seem”)
• φαινότυπος m (fainótypos, “phenotype”)

 

Further reading

• φανερός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language