φῶς

English (LSJ)

contr. for φάος,

   A light (q.v.). φῴς, ἡ, pl. φῷδες, contr. from φωΐς (q.v.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 1323] τό, gen. φωτός, zsgz. aus φάος, τὰ φῶτα hat Strab., u. E. M. auch dat. sing. φῷ für φωτί, – das Licht; das Tageslicht, das Lebenslicht, εἰς φῶς ἔρχεσθαι, an's Licht, an's Licht der Welt kommen, εἰς φῶς ἄγειν, an's Licht bringen; πέμψατ' ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐς φῶς Aesch. Pers. 622; vgl. Soph. πεισθήσομαι γὰρ κἀξ Ἅιδου θανὼν πρὸς φῶς ἀνελθεῖν, Phil. 621; u. in anderer Uebertragung, δεῖ δ' αὐτὸν λέγειν εἰς φῶς ὃ λέξει 577 (s. φάος); φῶς γίγνεται, es wird Tag, Plat. Prot. 311 a; Aesch. Ag. 270; Soph. O. R. 1183; ἕως ἔτι φῶς ἐστιν Plat. Phaed. 89 c; ἐκ φωτὸς εἰς σκότος μεθισταμένων Rep. VIII 518 a; ὡς φῶς οὐ δέον ὁρᾶν αὐτά Phil. 66 a; φῶς ποιεῖν Xen. Hell. 6, 2,17; κατὰ φῶς, bei Tage, Cyr. 3, 3,25.

French (Bailly abrégé)

φωτός (τό) :
gén. pl. φώτων;
lumière :
I. au propre ; particul.
1 lumière du soleil;
2 lumière du jour : ἔτι φωτὸς ὄντος PLAT comme il faisait encore jour ; κατὰ φῶς XÉN dans le jour ; εἰς φῶς παριέναι PLUT, φαίνεσθαι SOPH paraître à la lumière du jour ; εἰς φῶς λέγειν SOPH dire ouvertement ; τὸ φῶς ὁρᾶν SOPH, βλέπειν EUR voir la lumière du jour, càd vivre;
3 lumière des étoiles et de la lune;
4 lumière du feu ; feu;
5 lumière des flambeaux, des torches ; lumière, torches;
II. au pl. τὰ φῶτα jours d’une maison, fenêtres;
III. fig.
1 publicité, vie publique;
2 lumière (de la vérité, etc.);
3 bonheur, joie, salut;
4 gloire, parure.
Étymologie: contr. de φάος.

English (Autenrieth)

see φάος.

Spanish

luz

English (Strong)

from an obsolete phao (to shine or make manifest, especially by rays; compare φαίνω, φημί); luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative): fire, light.

English (Thayer)

φωτός, τό (contracted from φάος, from φάω to shine), from Homer (who (as well as Pindar) uses the form φάος) down, Hebrew אור, light (opposed to τό σκότος, ἡ σκοτία);
1. properly,
a. universally: ὁ Θεός ὁ εἰπών ἐκ σκότους φῶς λάμψαι, λευκά ὡς τό φῶς, νεφέλη φωτός (Griesbach text) i. e. consisting of light, equivalent to φωτεινεη in R L T Tr WH, τό φῶς τοῦ κόσμου, of the sun, τό φῶς οὐκ ἐστιν ἐν αὐτῷ, the light (i. e. illumining power) is not in him, consequently he does not see or distinguish the filings about him, L Tr text WH). a heavenly light, such as surrounds angels when they appear on earth: hence, ἄγγελος φωτός, Winer's Grammar, 371 (348)); with the addition of οὐρανόθεν, ἀπό (or ἐκ) τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, anything emitting light: a heavenly luminary (or star), plural πατήρ, 3a.); fire, because it is light and gives light: θερμαίνεσθαι πρός τό φῶς, Xenophon, Hell. 6,2, 29; Cyril 7,5, 27); a lamp or torch: plural φῶτα, φῶς ἔχειν, Xenophon, Hell. 5,1, 8; in plural often in Plutarch).
c. light i. e. brightness (Latin splendor) (see a. above), ἡλίου, λύχνου, δόξα, III:1), φῶς is often used in poetic discourse, in metaphor, and in parable;
a. The extremely delicate, subtile, pure, brilliant quality of light has led to the use of φῶς as an appellation of God, i. e. as by nature incorporeal, spotless, holy (cf. Westcott, Epistles of St. John , p. 15ff): εἶναι ἐν τῷ φωτί, in a state of supreme sanctity, φῶς οἴκων ἀπρόσιτον, a figure describing his nature as alike of consummate majesty and inaccessible to human comprehension, the kingdom of light, τῆς ἀληθείας τό φῶς, Euripides, L T. 1046 etc.; see Liddell and Scott, under the word, II:2), φῶς is used to denote truth and its knowledge, together with the spiritual purity congruous with it (opposed to τό σκότος b., ἡ σκοτία, which see): ἡ ζωή ἦν τό φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων, had the nature of light in men, i. e. became the source of human Wisdom of Solomon , the saving truth embodied in Christ and by his love and effort imparted to mankind, τό φῶς τό ἀληθινόν, τό θαυμαστόν τοῦ Θεοῦ φῶς, Clement of Rome, 1 Corinthians 36,2 [ET] cf. 59,2 [ET]); τό φῶς ὑμῶν, the divine truth with which ye are imbued, ἔχειν τό φῶς τῆς ζωῆς, the light by which the true life is gained, τά ὅπλα (Lachmann marginal reading ἔργα) τοῦ φωτός, καρπός τοῦ φωτός, G L T Tr WH; ἐν τῷ φωτί περιπατεῖν, to live agreeably to saving Wisdom of Solomon , ἐν τῷ φωτί εἶναι, to be imbued with saving Wisdom of Solomon , μένειν, to continue devoted to it, to persevere in keeping it, οἱ υἱοί τοῦ φωτός (see υἱός, 2, p. 635{a}), τέκνα φωτός (see τέκνον, c. β., p. 618^a), φῶς; is used of one in whom wisdom and spiritual purity shine forth, and who imparts the same to others: φῶς τῶν ἐν σκότει, φῶς ἐθνῶν, φῶς and τό φῶς: τό φῶς τοῦ κόσμου, τό φῶς τοῦ κόσμου τό δοθέν ἐν ὑμῖν εἰς φωτισμόν παντός ἀνθρώπου, Test xii. Patr. test. Levi § 14); τό φῶς τό ἀληθινόν, φῶς ἐν κυρίῳ, having obtained saving wisdom in communion with Christ, πᾶν τό φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστιν, everything made manifest by the aid of Christian truth has taken on the nature of light, so that its true character and quality are no longer hidden, φῶς here in an outward or physical sense, and regard the statement as a general truth confirmatory of the assertion made respecting spiritual 'φωτός just before (cf. above)).
c. By a figure borrowed from daylight φῶς is used of that which is exposed to the view of all: ἐν τῷ φωτί (opposed to ἐν τῇ σκοτία), openly, publicly (ἐν φαει, Pindar Nem. 4,63), reason, mind; the power of understanding especially moral and spiritual truth: τό φῶς τό ἐν σοι, φέγγος, at the end.)