προφαίνω fut. -φανῶ aor1 -έφηνα Pass., aor2 προὐφάνην part. προφανείς 3rd pl. perf. προπέφανται to bring forth, bring to light, shew forth, manifest, display, Soph.: metaph., Ἀχιλεὺς Αἰγίναν πρ. brought it into light, made it illustrious, Pind.:—Pass. to be shewn forth, come to light, appear, Hom., Soph.; impers., οὐδὲ προὐφαίνετʼ ἰδέσθαι nor was there light enough for us to see, Od.:—aor2 pass. part. προφανείς, εῖσα, coming forward, appearing, Od. to indicate or declare before, Soph., Dem. = προτίθημι I. 5, to propose, ἆθλα Xen. Pass., metaph. of sound, to be plainly heard, προὐφάνη κτύπος Soph. to shew beforehand, foreshew, of oracles, Hdt., Soph.; ὅκως στρατίην πέμψεις, οὐ προφαίνεις holdest out no hope that thou wilt send, Hdt.: —Pass. or Mid. to shew itself or appear before, Xen. seeminly intr. (the cognate acc. φάος or φῶς being understood), to give forth light, shine forth, οὐδὲ σελήνη προὔφαινε Od.; of a torch, Plut.; ὁ προφαίνων a torch-bearer, Plut.