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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[light]] of the [[sun]], and in plural, [[ray]]s, [[beam]]s, πέπτατο δ' αὐ. ἠελίου Il.17.371, cf. Od.6.98, 12.176; [[ἠελίου ἴδεν αὐγάς]], i. e. was [[born]], Il.16.188; [[ὑπ' αὐγὰς ἠελίοιο]], i.e. still [[alive]], Od.11.498,619; Διὸς αὐγάς Il.13.837; [[αὐγὰς ἐσιδεῖν]] = [[see]] the [[light]], i.e. to [[be alive]], Thgn.426, cf. E.Alc.667; λεύσσειν A.Pers.710; [[βλέπειν]] E.Andr. 935; [[ὑπ' αὐγὰς λεύσσειν]] or [[ὑπ' αὐγὰς ἰδεῖν]] τι = [[hold up]] to the [[light]] and [[look]] at, Id.Hec.1154, Pl.Phdr.268a, cf. Plb.10.3.1; ὑπ' αὐγὰς δεικνύναι τι Ar. Th.500 ([[πρὸς]] and [[ὑπ' αὐγήν]], [[in a full]] and [[in a side light]], Hp.Off.3); [[δυθμαὶ αὐγῶν]] = [[sunset]], Pi.I.4(3).65; [[ξύνορθρον αὐγαῖς]] = [[dawn]]ing with the [[sun]], A.Ag.254 (lyr.); [[κλύζειν]] πρὸς αὐγάς = [[rise]] surging [[towards]] the [[sun]], ib.1182; [[λαμπροτάτη τῶν παρεουσέων αὐγέων]] = [[brightest]] [[light]] [[available]], Hp.Fract.3, cf. Arist.PA658a3, Pr.912b14, al.: metaph., [[βίου δύντος αὐγαί]] '[[life]]'s [[set]]ting [[sun]]', A.Ag.1123 (lyr.); ἤδη γὰρ αὑγὴ τῆς ζόης ἀπήμβλυνται Herod.10.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[αὐγαὶ ἠελίοιο]] or [[αὐγαί]] [[alone]], the [[East]], D.P.84,231.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[dawn]], [[daybreak]], Act.Ap.20.11, PLeid.W.11.35.<br><span class="bld">4</span> generally, any [[bright]] [[light]], πυρὸς αὐγή Od.6.305, cf. Il.2.456; [[ἀρίζηλοι δέ οἱ αὐγαί]], of [[lightning]], 13.244; βροντῆς αὐγή S.Ph.1199 (lyr.); of a [[beacon]], Il.18.211, A.Ag.9; λαμπάδος Cratin. post150; distinguished from [[φλόξ]], Chrysipp.Stoic.2.186.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of the [[eyes]], ὀμμάτων αὐγαί S.Aj.70; [[αὐγαί]] alone, the [[eyes]], E.Andr.1180 (lyr.), Rh.737: metaph., ἀνακλίναντας τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὑγήν Pl.R.540a.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[gleam]], [[sheen]], of [[bright]] objects, αὑγὴ χαλκείη Il.13.341; χρυσὸς αὐγὰς ἔδειξεν Pi.N.4.83; [[ἀμβρόσιος]] αὑγὴ πέπλου E.Med.983 (lyr.); [[ἠλεκτροφαής|ἠλεκτροφαεῖς]] αὐγαί Id.Hipp.741 (lyr.); αὑγὴ τῆς κρόκης Men.561; of gems, Philostr.Im.2.8.—Mostly poet., but freq. in Arist., chiefly in the sense of [[sunlight]].