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|Definition=αος<b class="b3">, τό</b>: Hom. uses (besides nom.) dat. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> σέλαϊ <span class="bibl">Il.17.739</span>, contr. σέλᾳ <span class="bibl">Od.21.246</span>; gen. σέλαος <span class="bibl">Plot.6.7.33</span>, σέλατος <span class="bibl">Conon 49.2</span>: pl. σέλᾱ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>395a31</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>63</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.289 (Bass.); gen. σελάων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>395b4</span> codd. (<b class="b3">σελῶν</b> ap.Stob.):—<b class="b2">light, brightness, flame</b>, πυρός <span class="bibl">Il.19.366</span>, al.; <b class="b3">καιομένοιο πυρός, π. αἰθομένοιο</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">375</span>, <span class="bibl">8.563</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν σέλαϊ μεγάλῳ</b>, without any word added, <span class="bibl">17.739</span>; <b class="b3">δαΐδων σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od.18.354</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>275</span>; σ. λάβρον Ἡφαίστου <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 3.39</span>; ἀπὸ . . λάμπε γυίων σ. ὧτε πυρός <span class="bibl">B.16.104</span>; <b class="b3">Ἥφαιστος . . λαμπρὸν ἐκπέμπων σ</b>., of a beacon fire, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>281</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">289</span>; <b class="b3">Ἡφαιστότευκτον</b>, of a volcano, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>986</span>; καμίνου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>281</span>; <b class="b3">ἐφέστιον σ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>607</span>; of the heavenly bodies, σ. γένετ' ἠΰτε μήνης <span class="bibl">Il.19.374</span>; <b class="b3">ἁλίου σ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>926</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>17</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1711</span>; of day<b class="b2">light</b>, <b class="b3">καθαρὸν ἁμέρας σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>142.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>856</span>; <b class="b3">πρὶν θεοῦ δῦναι σ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>469</span>; τὸ σ. καὶ τὸ φῶς ταὐτόν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>409b</span>; <b class="b2">lightning, flash of lightning</b>, <b class="b3">δαιόμενον σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.8.76</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Democr.152</span>; <b class="b3">Διὸς σ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>95</span>; σ. ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.28</span>; <b class="b2">meteor</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>395a31</span>; <b class="b2">torchlight</b>, h.Cer.52, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.808</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>9.46, etc., <b class="b2">the flash</b> of an angry eye, <b class="b3">ἐξ ὀμμάτων ἤστραπτε γοργωπὸν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>358</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>663</span> (so in Hom., <b class="b3">ὄσσε λαμπέσθην ὡς εἴ τε πυρὸς σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.19.366</span>; <b class="b3">ὄσσε δεινὸν ὑπὸ βλεφάρων ὡς εἰ σ. ἐξεφάανθεν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">17</span>): metaph. of love, <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.134</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>12.93 (Rhian.).</span>