ἀγλαός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾱγλᾰ-], ή, όν</b>, also ός, όν <span class="bibl">Thgn.985</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>135</span>:— <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">splendid, shining, bright</b>, epith. of beautiful objects, ἀ. ὕδωρ <span class="bibl">Il.2.307</span>, etc.; γυῖα <span class="bibl">19.385</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">B.16.103</span>; μηρία <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>337</span>; ἥβης ἀ. ἄνθος <span class="bibl">Tyrt.10.28</span>, cf. Thgn. l.c., <span class="bibl">B.5.154</span>; then generally, [[splendid]], [[beautiful]], ἄποινα <span class="bibl">Il.1.23</span>; <b class="b3">δῶρα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">213</span>, etc.; ἔργα <span class="bibl">Od.10.223</span>; ἄλσος <span class="bibl">Il.2.506</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Simon.13</span>, etc.; [[noble]], [[glorious]], ἀγλαόν [ἐστιν] ἀνδρὶ μάχεσθαι γῆς πέρι <span class="bibl">Callin.1.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of men, either [[beautiful]] or [[famous]], [[noble]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.736</span>,<span class="bibl">826</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>37</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>14.7</span>, <span class="bibl">B.16.2</span>, etc.: c. dat. rei, <b class="b2">famous for</b> a thing, <b class="b3">κέρᾳ ἀγλαός</b>, sarcastically, <span class="bibl">Il.11.385</span>.— Ep. and Lyr. word, twice in Trag. (lyr.) ἀγλαὰς Θήβας <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>152</span>; Νηρηίδος ἀγλαὸν ἕδραν E. l.c.; also in later poetry, as <span class="bibl">Theoc.28.3</span>. Adv. ἀγλαῶς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>640</span>. (Perh. containing base <b class="b3">γελα-</b> in reduced form.)</span>