φᾶρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, later also [[φάρος]] [v. sub fin.]:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> a [[large]] [[piece]] of [[cloth]], [[web]], φάρε' ἔνεικε Καλυψὼ... ἱστία ποιήσασθαι Od.5.258, cf. E.''Hec.''1082 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> commonly, a [[wide]] [[cloak]] or [[mantle]] [[without]] [[sleeve]]s, <b class="b3">μαλακὸν δ' ἔνδυνε χιτῶνα.. περὶ δὲ μέγα βάλλετο φ.</b> (of a man) Il.2.43; πορφύρεον μέγα φ. ἔχων ἐν χειρί 8.221, cf. Od.15.61, Xenoph.3.3, Pherecyd.Syr.2, Hdt.9.109, E.''El.''1221 (lyr., pl.); also worn by women, Od.5.230, Hes.''Op.''198, A.''Ch.''11, etc.; drawn over the head, μέγα φ. ἑλὼν.. κὰκ κεφαλῆς εἴρυσσε Od.8.84, cf. E.''Supp.''286, Ar.''Th.''890; used as a [[shroud]] or [[pall]], Il.18.353, 24.580, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''916; <b class="b3">πύματον φᾶρος</b> my [[last]] [[rag]], Pl.''Eleg.''12; εἰς ὅ κε φ. ἐκτελέσω.. Λαέρτῃ ἥρωϊ ταφήϊον Od.2.97, 24.132; also of [[bed-spread]], δεμνίοις.. στρωτὰ βάλλουσαν φάρη S.''Tr.''916: <b class="b3">ἀναιδείας φᾶρος</b> (expld. by [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] from Il.2.262), S.''Fr.''291.—Ep., Trag. (for Ar. l. c. is paratrag. and Philetaer.19 is corrupt), and twice in Hdt. (Corinthian acc. to ''AB''1096). [ᾱ in Hom. and mostly in later Ep.; φᾰρέεσσι Hes.''Op.''198 codd., A.R.3.863. A. has ᾱ always; S. has ᾰ in ''Tr.''916, ''Frr.''360, 373, 586, and never certainly ᾱ; E. has both ᾱ, E. ''El.''191, ''Hec.'' l. c., ''IT''149 (all lyr.), al., and ᾰ, ''HF''414 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]), ''Andr.''831, ''Or.''840, ''Hipp.''133 (all lyr.), ''Supp.''286, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.942.]