βλέφαρον
ὀλιγαρχία δὲ τῶν μὲν κινδύνων τοῖς πολλοῖς μεταδίδωσι͵ τῶν δ΄ ὠφελίμων οὐ πλεονεκτεῖ μόνον, ἀλλὰ κτλ. → But an oligarchy gives the many a share of the danger, and not content with the largest part takes and keeps the whole of the profit (Thucyd. 6.39)
English (LSJ)
Dor. γλέφᾰρον, τό:—mostly in pl. (as always in Hom.),
A eyelids, βλέφαρ' ἀμφὶ καὶ ὀφρύας Od.9.389, al.; of sleep, φίλα βλέφαρ' ἀμφικαλύψας 5.493; ὕπνος ἀπὸ βλεφάροιϊν (dual) Il.10.187; ὕπνον ἐπὶ βλεφάροισιν ἔχευεν Od.20.54, al.; παῦρον ἐπὶ γλεφάροις ὕπνον ἀναλίσκοισα Pi.P.9.24; γλεφάρων ἁδὺ κλάϊστρον ib.1.8; βλέφαρα κέκλῃται S.Fr.711; β. συμβαλεῖν, κοιμᾶν ὕπνῳ, A.Ag.15, Th. 3; of weeping, δάκρυ χαμαὶ βάλεν ἐκ βλεφάροιϊν Od.17.490, cf. 23.33; of death, λύειν β. S.Ant.1302: in Prose, Antipho Soph. 81a, Pl. Ti.45d, PPetr.3p.23 (iii B. C.): rarely in sg., E.Or.302; β. τὸ ἄνω καὶ κάτω Arist.HA491b19, cf. PA657b14. II in pl., eyes, βλεφάρων κυανεάων Hes.Sc.7 (where the fem. Adj. points to a nom. ἡ βλέφαρος); freq. in Trag., σκοτώσω β. καὶ δεδορκότα S.Aj.85, cf. Tr. 107 (lyr.): in sg., of the sun, ἁμέρας β. Id.Ant.104 (lyr.); of the curtain of darkness at nightfall, νυκτὸς ἀφεγγὲς β. E.Ph.543.
