φάος: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=![[φάος]], εος, τό, [epic nom. and acc. pl. φάεα [ᾱ metri grat.]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[light]], [[daylight]], Hom., etc.:—in Poets, of [[life]], [[ζώειν]] καὶ ὁρᾶν [[φάος]] ἠελίοιο Hom.; λείπειν [[φάος]] ἠελίοιο Hes.; πέμπειν τινὰ ἐς φῶς Aesch.; πρὸς φῶς ἀνελθεῖν Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of day-[[light]], ἐν φάει Od.; φῶς γίγνεται it is [[becoming]] [[light]], i. e. day is breaking, Plat.; ἕως ἔτι φῶς ἐστι [[while]] [[there]] is [[still]] [[light]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> the [[light]] of a [[torch]], [[lamp]], [[fire]], a [[light]], Od., Aesch.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> the [[light]] of the eyes, Pind.; pl. φάεα the eyes, Lat. lumina, Od.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[light]], as a metaph. for [[deliverance]], [[happiness]], [[victory]], Il.: also in addressing persons, γλυκερὸν [[φάος]] [[dear]] [[light]] of my [[life]], Od.; ὦ φίλτατον φῶς Soph.