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|Full diacritics=φωστήρ
|Medium diacritics=φωστήρ
|Low diacritics=φωστήρ
|Capitals=ΦΩΣΤΗΡ
|Transliteration A=phōstḗr
|Transliteration B=phōstēr
|Transliteration C=fostir
|Beta Code=fwsth/r
|Definition=ῆρος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">that which gives light</b>, <b class="b3">οἱ φ</b>. the <b class="b2">lights of heaven, stars</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ge.</span>14</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Simp. <span class="title">in Epict.</span>p.72</span> D.; <b class="b3">οἱ δύο φ</b>., i.e. sun and moon, ibid., cf. <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Hyp.</span>4.72</span>, etc.; φαίνεσθε ὡς φωστῆρες ἐν κόσμῳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span>2.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">splendour, radiance</b>, ὁ φ. αὐτῆς ὅμοιος λίθῳ τιμιωτάτῳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>21.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., of a king, τῷ φ. τῷ ἡμετέρῳ <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>16.204c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of the <b class="b2">eyes</b>, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.110.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">opening for light, door</b> or <b class="b2">window</b>, Hsch.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-1323.png Seite 1323]] ῆρος, ὁ, der Licht Gebende, Erleuchtende, Erhellende, LXX. u. Sp., wie λόγων καὶ νόμων φ. Pallad. in Paralip. 140 (XI, 389); οἱ φωστῆρες, die Himmelslichter, die Sterne, Constant. Rhod. ep. in Paralip. 203 (XV, 17). – Auch, wie φῶς, Thür od. Fenster, durch welche das Licht einfällt, Sp.
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|lstext='''φωστήρ''': ῆρος, ὁ, (φῶς, [[φώσκω]]), ὁ φωτίζων, ὁ πέμπων φῶς, λόγων καὶ νόμων Ἀνθ. Παλατ. 11. 359, πρβλ. Χρησμ. Σιβ. 8. 230· ― οἱ φωστῆρες, οἱ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ φωτίζοντες, οἱ ἀστέρες, Ἀνθ. Παλατ. 15. 17, Ἑβδ., Καιν. Διαθ.· ἐπὶ βασιλέως, τῷ φ. τῷ ἡμετέρῳ Θεμίστ. 204C· ὁ φ. τῆς οἰκουμένης Ἄννα Κομν. 381. ΙΙ. μεταφορ., [[ἄνοιγμα]] ἢ ὀπὴ φωτός, [[φωταγωγός]], «[[φεγγίτης]]», [[θύρα]] ἢ παράθυρον, «[[φωστήρ]], θυρὶς» Ἡσύχ.: ὥς τινες καὶ τὸ fenestra (festra) ἠθέλησαν νὰ ἐτυμολογήσωσιν ἐκ τοῦ [[φάος]].
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|btext=ῆρος (ὁ) :<br /><b>1</b> ce qui donne la lumière, ce qui illumine;<br /><b>2</b> <i>particul.</i> corps céleste lumineux, étoile, astre;<br /><b>3</b> éclat, lumière.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[φῶς]].
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|strgr=from [[φῶς]]; an illuminator, i.e. (concretely) a luminary, or (abstractly) [[brilliancy]]: [[light]].
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