βλέφαρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[γλέφαρον]], τό:—mostly in pl. [[βλέφαρα]] (as always in Hom.), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[eyelid]]s, βλέφαρ' ἀμφὶ καὶ ὀφρύας <span class="bibl">Od.9.389</span>, al.; of [[sleep]], φίλα βλέφαρ' ἀμφικαλύψας <span class="bibl">5.493</span>; <b class="b3">ὕπνος ἀπὸ βλεφάροιϊν</b> (dual) <span class="bibl">Il.10.187</span>; ὕπνον ἐπὶ βλεφάροισιν ἔχευεν <span class="bibl">Od.20.54</span>, al.; παῦρον ἐπὶ γλεφάροις ὕπνον ἀναλίσκοισα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.24</span>; <b class="b3">γλεφάρων ἁδὺ κλάϊστρον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1.8</span>; βλέφαρα κέκλῃται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>711</span>; <b class="b3">β. συμβαλεῖν, κοιμᾶν ὕπνῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span> 3</span>; of [[weeping]], [[δάκρυ]] χαμαὶ βάλεν ἐκ βλεφάροιϊν <span class="bibl">Od.17.490</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">23.33</span>; of [[death]], [[λύειν]] [[βλέφαρα]] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1302</span>: in Prose, <span class="bibl">Antipho Soph. 81a</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ti.</span>45d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.23</span> (iii B. C.): rarely in sg., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>302</span>; β. τὸ ἄνω καὶ κάτω <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>491b19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>657b14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in pl., [[eye]]s, βλεφάρων κυανεάων <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>7</span> (where the fem. Adj. points to a nom. <b class="b3">ἡ βλέφαρος</b>); freq. in Trag., σκοτώσω β. καὶ δεδορκότα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>85</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span> 107</span> (lyr.): in sg., of the [[sun]], ἁμέρας βλέφαρον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>104</span> (lyr.); of the [[curtain]] of [[darkness]] at [[nightfall]], νυκτὸς ἀφεγγὲς βλέφαρον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>543</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[βλέπω]] [[γλέφαρον]] is [[variously]] listed as [[Doric]] and Aeolic.]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[mostly]] in pl. the eyelids, Hom.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> the eyes, Trag.: ἁμέρας [[βλέφαρον]], νυκτὸς [[βλέφαρον]], i. e. the sun, the [[moon]], Soph., Eur.