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|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[light]], [[splendour]], [[lustre]], τῆλε δὲ φ. ἀπὸ χροὸς ἀθανάτοιο λάμπε θεᾶς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>278</span>; τὸ φ. τῆς χρόας <span class="bibl">Duris 14</span> J.; τὸ φ. τῆς δόξης Κυρίου <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ez.</span>10.4</span>; <b class="b3">φ. ἀστραπῆς ὅπλων</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hb.</span>3.11</span>: freq. like [[φάος]], of [[daylight]], either abs. or with some word added, φ. ἡλίου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>377</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>606</span>, etc.; τὸ φ. τοῦ θεοῦ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>722</span>; without the Art., φ. εἰσορᾶν θεοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Or.</span>1025</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>673</span>; <b class="b3">ὦ φέγγος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">859</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>866</span>; ὦ φ. ἡμέρας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1577</span>; <b class="b3">δεκάτῳ φέγγει ἔτους</b> in the tenth year, ib.<span class="bibl">504</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[moonlight]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>5.4</span>; <b class="b3">νυκτερινὰ φέγγη</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἡμερινὸν φῶς</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>508c</span>; ἐὰν τὸ φ. ἐκλείψῃ <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>4.172, cf. <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>38.255</span>; φῶς ἡμέρας, φέγγος σελήνης Hsch. s.v. φέγγος; τὸ φέγγος τοῦ [[γάλα|γάλακτος]], of the milky way, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>346a26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> of men, <b class="b3">φ. ἰδεῖν, προσιδεῖν</b>, to see [[the light]], come into the world, ἐπεὶ πάμπρωτον εἶδον φ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.111</span>; ἀελίου προσιδεῖν φ. <span class="bibl">B.5.162</span>; λιπεῖν φ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>954</span>; ὄλωλα, φ. οὐκέτ' ἔστι μοι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1144</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> [[day]], τριταῖον ἤδη φ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Sosiph.3.1</span>; <b class="b3">μοιρίδιον φ</b>. = [[μ. ἦμαρ]], E.<span class="title">Eleg.</span>2. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[the light]] of torches or fire, φ. λαμπάδων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 1022</span>; [[πυρός]] ib.<span class="bibl">1029</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>1037</span>: [[a light]], [[torch]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>448</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>1.9</span>; pl. [[φέγγη]] [[torches]] or [[watch-fires]], <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.10.26</span> (cj.), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>25</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[the light]] of the eyes, φ. ὀμμάτων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>368</span>, <span class="bibl">1035</span>; ὄσσων <span class="bibl">Theoc.24.75</span>; <b class="b3">τυφλὸν φ,</b> i.e. blindness, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1068</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[light]], as a metaph. for delight, glory, pride, joy, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.97</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span>3.64</span>,<span class="bibl">4.13</span>; τί γὰρ γυναικὶ τούτου φ. ἥδιον δρακεῖν, ἀπὸ στρατείας ἀνδρὶ σώσαντος θεοῦ πύλας ἀνοῖξαι; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>602</span>; of persons, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.42</span>; μέγα βροτοῖσι φ. Ἀσκληπιόν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>640</span> (lyr.); Μουσέων φ. Ὅμηρον <span class="title">AP</span>7.6 (Antip. Sid.); ὦ ταῖς ἱεραῖς φ. Ἀθήναις <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1319</span> (anap.); πλοῦτος . . ἀνδρὶ φ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.56</span>; <b class="b3">φ. ὀπώρας</b>, of wine, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>153</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[lustre]], δικαιοσύνης καὶ σωφροσύνης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>250b</span>; φ. ἐλέους <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ma.</span>6.4</span>; τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ γάνωμα καὶ τὸ φ. Plu.2.792a, etc.</span>