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|txtha=φέγγους, τό ([[akin]] to φαίνειν), from [[Aeschylus]] and [[Pindar]] [[down]], [[light]]: of the [[moon]], R G T Tr marginal [[reading]] (cf. [[ἀστραπή]], SYNONYMS: [[αὐγή]], [[φέγγος]], [[φῶς]]: [[φῶς]] [[light]] — the [[general]] [[term]], (of the [[light]] of a [[fire]] in [[φέγγος]] a [[more]] [[concrete]] and [[emphatic]] [[term]] (cf. [[αὐγή]] a [[still]] stronger [[term]], suggesting the [[fiery]] [[nature]] of the [[light]]; used of [[shooting]], heating, rays. A Greek spoke of ἡλίου, [[φῶς]], [[φέγγος]], [[αὐγή]]; or, [[φωτός]] [[φέγγος]], [[αὐγή]]; or, φέγγους [[αὐγή]]; [[but]] these formulas are [[not]] reversible. Schmidt, [[chapter]] 33; cf. Trench, § xlvi.]