λαμπάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), άδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">torch</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>433</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.24</span>, etc.; πευκίνη λ. <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Tr.</span>1198</span>; <b class="b2">beacon-light</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>8</span>, <span class="bibl">28</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">λαμπάδας ἅψασθαι</b> light <b class="b2">torches</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>655</span>; <b class="b3">λαμπάδας τινάσσων</b>, in Bacchic ceremonies, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>340</span> (lyr.); used in festal processions, <b class="b3">φαίνετε τούτῳ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τῷ Αἰσχύλῳ</b>) <b class="b3"> λαμπάδας ἱεράς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1525</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>102</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">faggot</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.93.4</span>; any <b class="b2">light, lamp</b>, λαμπάδες ἀργυραῖ <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ju.</span>10.22</span>; <b class="b2">wax-light</b>, Plu.2.263f; λ. κηροχίτων <span class="title">AP</span>6.249 (Antip.); later of <b class="b2">oillamps</b>, Ev.Matt.25.3. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., of the sun, <span class="bibl">Parm.10.3</span>, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ant.</span>879</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ 'πιοῦσα λ</b>. the coming <b class="b2">light</b>, i.e. the next day, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>352</span>; of lightning, δαμασθεὶς λαμπάσιν κεραυνίοις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 1011</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>244</span>, <span class="bibl">594</span> (lyr.); of the Cyclops' eye, <span class="bibl">Cratin.459</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">meteor</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>395b11</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.16.66</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.37.25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">torch-race</b>, = [[λαμπαδηδρομία]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.105</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Vect.</span>4.52</span>; <b class="b3">λαμπάδα δραμεῖν, τρέχειν</b>, run <b class="b2">the race</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1203</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>27.4</span>; τὰς λ. δραμεῖν <span class="title">IG</span>22.1030.9; <b class="b3">ἐν ταῖς λ. διηγωνίσθαι</b> ib.1039.20; λαμπάδα φέρειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1087</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">ἀφιεμένην τὴν λ. θεῶ</b> see the start, ib.<span class="bibl">131</span>; τὰς λ. συντελεῖν <span class="title">IG</span> 22.1011.9; λ. ἔσται . . ἀφ' ἵππων τῇ θεῷ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>328a</span>; <b class="b3">λαμπάδι νικᾶν</b> win in it, <span class="bibl">And.4.42</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>22.957, al.; <b class="b3">λαμπάδα ν</b>. win it, ib.3.106, al.; <b class="b3">οἱ νικήσαντες τὴν λ</b>. ib.122, cf. <span class="title">Milet.</span>1(7).203a14 (ii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., of life, λαμπάδα γὰρ ζωᾶς με δραμεῖν . . ἤθελε δαίμων <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span> 231 (Chios); καθάπερ λαμπάδα τὸν βίον παραδιδόντας ἄλλοις ἐξ ἄλλων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>776b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> = [[λυχνὶς ἀγρία]], Ps.-Dsc.3.101.</span><br /><span class="bld">λαμπάς</span> (B), άδος, poet. Adj., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">torch-lit</b>, <b class="b3">λ. ἀκταί</b>, of Eleusis, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 1049</span> (lyr.); ἑορταὶ λ. <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>105</span> S.</span>