φωστήρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῆρος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[that]] which [[give]]s [[light]], οἱ φωστῆρες = the [[light]]s of [[heaven]], [[star]]s, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ge.</span>14</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Simp. <span class="title">in Epict.</span>p.72</span> D.; οἱ δύο φωστῆρες, i.e. [[sun]] and [[moon]], ibid., cf. <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Hyp.</span>4.72</span>, etc.; φαίνεσθε ὡς φωστῆρες ἐν κόσμῳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span>2.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[splendour]], [[radiance]], ὁ φ. αὐτῆς ὅμοιος λίθῳ τιμιωτάτῳ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>21.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., of a king, τῷ φ. τῷ ἡμετέρῳ <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>16.204c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of the [[eye]]s, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.110.22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[opening]] for [[light]], [[door]] or [[window]], Hsch.</span>