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|Definition=αος, τό: 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.):—[[light]], [[brightness]], [[flame]], 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[[light]], <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>; [[meteor]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>395a31</span>; [[torchlight]], 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>

|etymtx=-αος<br />Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[light]], [[glow]], [[beam]] (ep. poet. Il., Arist. etc.; on the use in Hom. Graz Le feu dans l'Il. et l'Od. 310ff.).<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">σελασ-φόρος</b> <b class="b2">bringing light</b> (A. a. o.), with analog. <b class="b3">-η-</b>: <b class="b3">σελαη-φόρος</b> (Man.), <b class="b3">-γενέτης</b> (AP).<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">σελά-ω</b> <b class="b2">to shine, to glow</b> (Nic. Th. 691) with <b class="b3">-σμα</b>, <b class="b3">-σμός</b> [[glow]] (Man.); 2. <b class="b3">-γέομαι</b> (E., Ar.), <b class="b3">-γέω</b> (Opp.) <b class="b2">to glow, to radiate</b> with <b class="b3">-γησις</b> f. [[glow]] (Zonar.); backformation <b class="b3">-γος</b> n. [[beam]] (Hymn. Is.); 3. enlarged <b class="b3">-γίζω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Nonn. a. o.) with <b class="b3">-γισμα</b> n. [[lightning]], [[flash]] (Man.); 4. <b class="b3">-σσομαι</b> <b class="b2">to shine, to glow</b> (Nic. Th. 46); with <b class="b3">σελα-γέομαι</b> : <b class="b3">-σσομαι</b> cf. <b class="b3">πατα-γέω</b>, <b class="b3">-σσω</b> a. o., Debrunner IF 21, 220f.; 5. <b class="b3">-σκω</b> <b class="b2">to glow</b> (Theognost.). -- On [[σελήνη]], [[σέλαχος]] s. v.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: No flawless etymology. Semant. attractive is the connection with Av. <b class="b2">xvarǝnah-</b> n. <b class="b2">glory of fame</b> (and Skt. <b class="b2">svàrnara-</b> approx. <b class="b2">splendour of light</b>?), where also the word for [[sun]] (s. [[ἥλιος]]) and the expressions for [[smoulder]], [[singe]] (s. 2. <b class="b3">εἵλη</b> <b class="b2">heatof the sun</b>) are relevant. Yet [[glow]], [[gleam]], [[glory]] and [[smoulder]] can at least not directly be combined with each other (cf. WP. 2, 531 f.). A special problem is moreover presented by the preservation of the anlaut. <b class="b3">σ-</b> in <b class="b3">σέλας</b>, for which several explanations have been advanced (Kretschmer KZ 31, 422f., Prellwitz s. v., Solmsen Unt. 209 n. 2; s. also Schwyzer 322). Already for this reason the comparison of <b class="b3">σελαγ-έω</b> with Skt. <b class="b2">svarg-á-</b> m. [[heaven]] (Persson Beitr. 2, 579 n. 2) is hardly recommendable, what however does not exclude, that the <b class="b3">γ-</b>element in <b class="b3">σελαγέω</b> may have a high age (Benveniste Origines 28; also Specht Ursprung 212). -- Diff. attempts at explanation from IE by Pisani Rend. Acc. Lincei Scr. VI: 7, 75 and Jb. f. kleinas. Forsch. 3, 150.