βλέφαρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[γλέφαρον]], τό:—mostly in plural [[βλέφαρα]] (as always in Hom.),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[eyelid]]s, βλέφαρ' ἀμφὶ καὶ ὀφρύας Od.9.389, al.; of [[sleep]], φίλα βλέφαρ' ἀμφικαλύψας 5.493; <b class="b3">ὕπνος ἀπὸ βλεφάροιϊν</b> (dual) Il.10.187; ὕπνον ἐπὶ βλεφάροισιν ἔχευεν Od.20.54, al.; παῦρον ἐπὶ γλεφάροις ὕπνον ἀναλίσκοισα Pi.''P.''9.24; <b class="b3">γλεφάρων ἁδὺ κλάϊστρον</b> ib.1.8; βλέφαρα κέκλῃται [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''711; <b class="b3">β. συμβαλεῖν, κοιμᾶν ὕπνῳ</b>, A.''Ag.''15, ''Th.'' 3; of [[weeping]], [[δάκρυ]] χαμαὶ βάλεν ἐκ βλεφάροιϊν Od.17.490, cf. 23.33; of [[death]], [[λύειν]] [[βλέφαρα]] S.''Ant.''1302: in Prose, Antipho Soph. 81a, Pl. ''Ti.''45d, ''PPetr.''3p.23 (iii B. C.): rarely in sg., [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''302; β. τὸ ἄνω καὶ κάτω [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''491b19, cf. ''PA''657b14.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in plural, [[eye]]s, βλεφάρων κυανεάων Hes.''Sc.''7 (where the fem. Adj. points to a nom. <b class="b3">ἡ βλέφαρος</b>); freq. in Trag., σκοτώσω β. καὶ δεδορκότα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''85, cf. ''Tr.'' 107 (lyr.): in sg., of the [[sun]], ἁμέρας βλέφαρον Id.''Ant.''104 (lyr.); of the [[curtain]] of [[darkness]] at [[nightfall]], νυκτὸς ἀφεγγὲς βλέφαρον E.''Ph.''543.