ἐπιφώσκω
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
English (LSJ)
=ἐπιφαύσκω,
A grow towards daylight, dawn, Ev.Matt. 28.1, Ev.Luc.23.54, PL
German (Pape)
[Seite 1002] = ἐπιφαύσκω, aufleuchten, erscheinen, vom Anbruch des Tages, N. T.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐπιφώσκω: ὡς τὸ ἐπιφαύσκω, προβαίνω πρὸς τὸ λυκαυγές, καὶ σάββατον ἐπέφωσκε, ἐξημέρωνε σάββατον, Εὐαγγ. κ. Λουκ. κγ΄, 54, κατὰ Ματθ. κη΄, 1· ἐπιφωσκούσης τῆς ὀγδόης Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 9119. ΙΙ. μεταβ., κάμνω τι νὰ ἐκπέμπῃ (φῶς), φέγγος Ποιητ. Βοταν. 25.
French (Bailly abrégé)
1 commencer à luire;
2 faire briller.
Étymologie: ἐπί, φώς.
English (Strong)
a form of ἐπιφαύω; to begin to grow light: begin to dawn, X draw on.
English (Thayer)
(imperfect ἐπεφωσκον); to grow light, to dawn (cf. Buttmann, 68 (60)): εἰς, εἰς, A. II:1.
Greek Monolingual
ἐπιφώσκω (Α)
1. πλησιάζω προς το λυκαυγές, προς το ξημέρωμα («σάββατον ἐπέφωσκε», ΚΔ)
2. συντελώ ώστε να εκπέμπει κάτι φως.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + φώσκω.
Greek Monotonic
ἐπιφώσκω: (φάος, φῶς), οδεύω προς την αυγή, σε Καινή Διαθήκη
