λύχνος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, pl.

   A λύχνοι Batr.180, Ar.Eq.1315, Antiph.70,152, PPetr.2p.72 (iii B. C.): freq. also λύχνα, Hdt.2.62,133, E.Cyc.514 (lyr.), Call.Hec.1.4.11, etc., prob. in Alc.41.1. (Fr. λυκ-sno-, cf. Λύκη):—portable light, lamp, χρύσεος λ. Od.19.34; λύχνα καίειν, ἀνάπτειν, light lamps, Hdt. ll. cc.; ἅπτε, παῖ, λ. Ar.Nu.18; λύχνους ἅπτειν to have an illumination, Arr.Epict.2.17.37; λύχνους ἀποσβέσαι Ar.Pl.668; λ. ἀπεσβήκει had been put out, Pl.Smp.218b; περὶ λύχνων ἁφάς about lamp-lighting time, i. e. towards nightfall, Hdt.7.215, D.S.19.31; πάννυχος λ. παρακαίεται lamps are kept burning all night, Hdt.2.130; καύσεις λύχνων Sammelb.1161.14 (i B. C.); ἔλαιον ἡμῖν οὐκ ἔνεστ' ἐν τῷ λύχνῳ Ar.Nu.56; cf. κεράτινος.    2 in pl., οἱ λύχνοι or τὰ λύχνα the lamp-market, οὑκ τῶν λ. ib.1065.    II a fish, Str. 17.2.4, Hsch.; cf. Lat. lucerna, Plin.HN9.82.