ὑποφαύσκω
From LSJ
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)
begin to shine, ὑποφαύσκοντος at daybreak, Arist.Pr. 888b27; ὑποφαυσκούσης ἕω v.l. ib.938a32; cf. ὑποφώσκω.
German (Pape)
ein wenig Licht zeigen, allmälig hell zu werden, zu leuchten anfangen, Arist. Probl. 8.17.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ὑποφαύσκω: брезжить, рассветать: ὑποφαύσκοντος Arst. на рассвете.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑποφαύσκω: ἀρχίζω νὰ φέγγω. ὑποφαύσκοντος (δηλαδ. τοῦ ἡλίου) Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 8. 17, 1· πρβλ. ὑποφώσκω.
Greek Monolingual
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ὑποφώσκω, αρχίζω να φέγγω.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὑπ(ο)- + φαύσκω «φωτίζω, φανερώνω»].
