glimmer
From LSJ
πολιόν τε δάκρυον ἐκβάλλω → let fall the tear from my old eyes, let fall an old man's tear
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
light: P. and V. φῶς. τό, Ar. and V. φάος, τό. φέγγος, τό (also Plato but rare V.).
flash: Ar. and V. σέλας, τό (also Plato but rare P.), αὐγή, ἡ (Plato but rare P.).
beam: P. and V. ἀκτίς, ἡ, V. βολή, ἡ.
a glimmer of hope: V. ἀρχὴ ἐλπίδος.
had you but given them a tiny glimmer of hope they would have been saved: P. εἰ μικρὰν ὑπεφήνατ' ἐλπίδ' ἡντινοῦν αὐτοῖς ἐσώθησαν ἄν (Dem. 379).
verb intransitive
just appear: P. ὑποφαίνεσθαι; see also gleam.
