αἴγλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> the [[light]] of the [[sun]] or [[moon]], Od.4.45, etc.:—of the [[radiance]] of [[Olympus]], λευκὴ αἴγλη 6.45, cf. S.''Ant.''610 (lyr.); [[εἰς αἴγλαν μολεῖν]] to [[come to daylight]], i.e. to [[be born]], Pi.''N.''1.35; φοιβὰν ὑπαὶ χειμῶνος αἴγλαν, of [[sunshine]] on [[edge]] of [[storm]]-[[cloud]], B.12.140; of [[dream]] [[light]] in [[sleep]], S.''Ph.''831 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[radiance]], [[gleam]], ἀπὸ χαλκοῦ αἴγλη Il.2.458; τὰς πυρφόρους Ἀρτέμιδος αἴγλας the [[gleam]] of her [[torch]]es, S.''OT''207 (lyr.); μέλαιναν αἴ., of [[dying]] [[embers]], E.''Tr.''549 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[splendour]], [[glory]], αἴγλη ποδῶν, of [[swiftness]], Pi.''O.''13.36; διόσδοτος αἴγλη Id.''P.''8.96.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of shining objects, as a [[bracelet]], S.''Fr.''594; [[fetter]], Epich.20.