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|Definition=λαμπρά, λαμπρόν, fem. λαμπρή in Ep. (<span class=bibl>Il.17.269</span>, <span class=bibl>Hom.<span class=title>Epigr</span>.3.3</span>), but λαμπρά in <span class=bibl>Hes.<span class=title>Th</span>.19</span>, <span class=bibl>371</span>:—<span class=sense><p><span class="bld">A</span> [[bright]], [[radiant]], of the [[sun]] and [[star]]s, λ. φάος ἠελίοιο <span class=bibl>Il.1.605</span>; [[ἀστήρ]] <span class=bibl>4.77</span>; [[λαμπρότατος]], of [[Sirius]], <span class=bibl>22.30</span> (and of the same, λαμπρὸν παμφαίνῃσι <span class=bibl>5.6</span>); <b class="b3">λαμπρὰ σελήνη</b> Hes.ll.cc., cf. <span class=bibl>Th.7.44</span>; πρὶν ἡμέραν λ. γενέσθαι <span class=bibl>D.H.3.27</span>; of the eyes, <span class=bibl>S.<span class=title>OT</span>1483</span>, <span class=bibl>E. <span class=title>Hec</span>.1045</span>, etc., v. infr. <span class=bibl>11.3</span>; of metallic bodies, <b class="b3">λ. φάλοι, κόρυθες</b>, <span class=bibl>Il.13.132</span>, <span class=bibl>17.269</span>: neut. as adverb, θώρηκες λαμπρὸν γανόωντες <span class=bibl>13.265</span>. </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">2</span> of white cloths and the like, [[bright]], <b class="b3">λαμπρὸς δ' ἦν ἠέλιος ὥς [ὁ χιτών</b>] <span class=bibl>Od.19.234</span>; δέρμα… λαμπρότατον λευκότητι <span class=bibl>Hdt.4.64</span>; λαμπρὰ [[ἐσθής]] = [[toga candida]], <span class=bibl>Plb.10.5.1</span>. </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">3</span> of [[water]], [[clear]], [[limpid]], <span class=bibl>A.<span class=title>Eu</span>.695</span>, Hp.Aër. 5, <span class=bibl>X.<span class=title>HG</span>5.3.19</span>; of [[air]], λαμπρὸς [[ἠήρ]] Hp.Aër. 15; αἰθήρ <span class=bibl>E.<span class=title>Med</span>.829</span> (Sup., lyr.). </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">4</span> of sound or voice, [[clear]], [[distinct]], <span class=bibl>Pl.<span class=title>Phlb</span>. 51d</span>, <span class=bibl>D.19.199</span>; λαμπρὰ κηρύσσειν <span class=bibl>E.<span class=title>Heracl</span>.864</span>; φωνὴ λαμπροτέρα <span class=bibl>Arist. <span class=title>HA</span>545a12</span>; opp. φωνὴ [[ἀσαφής]], <span class=bibl>Id.<span class=title>Aud</span>.801b22</span>; λαμπρὸν ἀνολολύξαι Plu. 2.768d; cf. [[λάμπω]] 1.2. </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">5</span> metaph., of [[vigorous]] [[action]], λαμπρὸς [[ἄνεμος]] = a [[keen]] [[wind]], <span class=bibl>Hdt.2.96</span>, cf.<span class=bibl>A.<span class=title>Ag</span>.1180</span>; <b class="b3">λαμπρὸς ἤδη καὶ μέγας καθιείς</b> [[swoop]]ing down like a [[fresh]] and [[mighty]] [[breeze]], <span class=bibl>Ar.<span class=title>Eq</span>.430</span>, cf. <span class=bibl>760</span>; <b class="b3">λαμπρὸς φανήσεται</b> he will [[come]] [[furiously]] [[forth]], <span class=bibl>E.<span class=title>Heracl</span>.280</span>; λαμπρὰ [[μάχη]] = a [[keenly]] [[contest]]ed [[battle]], <span class=bibl>Plb.10.12.5</span>; λαμπρότερος κίνδυνος <span class=bibl>Id.1.45.9</span>. Adv. [[λαμπρῶς]], [[ἐπίκειμαι|ἐπικείμενοι]] [[vigorously]], <span class=bibl>Th.7.71</span>; [[utterly]], [[λαμπρῶς]] [[ἡττῆσθαι]], [[λαμπρῶς]] [[περιεστοιχίσθαι]], <span class=bibl>Hld.4.4</span>, <span class=bibl>9.1</span>. </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">6</span> metaph. also, [[clear]], [[manifest]], μαρτύρια <span class=bibl>A.<span class=title>Eu</span>.797</span>; ταῦτ' ἐπειδὴ λαμπρὰ συμβαίνει <span class=bibl>S.<span class=title>Tr</span>.1174</span>; ἴχνη <span class=bibl>X.<span class=title>Cyn</span>. 5.5</span>; γεγενημένης τῆς νίκης λ. ἤδη <span class=bibl>Th.7.55</span>; λαμπρὰ [[φυγή]] = [[decisive]], <span class=bibl>Arr.<span class=title>An</span>. 2.11.3</span>. Adv. [[λαμπρῶς]], κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως <span class=bibl>A.<span class=title>Pr</span>.833</span>; λελυμένων λ. τῶν σπονδῶν <span class=bibl>Th.2.7</span>; λ. νικᾶν <span class=bibl>Arr.<span class=title>An</span>.2.10.4</span>; <b class="b3">λαμπρῶς ἐλέγετο</b> it was said [[without]] [[concealment]], <span class=bibl>Th.8.67</span>. </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">II</span> of persons, [[well-known]], [[illustrious]] by deeds, station, etc., λ. ἐν τῇσι Ἀθήνῃσι <span class=bibl>Hdt.6.125</span>; ἐν τοῖσι πολέμοισι ἐὼν λαμπρότατος <span class=bibl>Id.7.154</span>; <b class="b3">λ. ἐν [τοῖς κινδύνοις</b>] <span class=bibl>D.19.269</span>; λαμπροτάτους γενομένους τῶν καθ' ἑαυτούς <span class=bibl>Th.1.138</span>; ἐξ ἀδόξων γενέσθαι λ. <span class=bibl>Isoc.5.89</span>; λ. ἐς γένος <span class=bibl>E.<span class=title>El</span>.37</span>; ἐν λόγοις <span class=bibl>Id.<span class=title>Supp</span>.[902]</span>; as honorary title, [[λαμπρότατος]], = Lat. [[clarissimus]], IG14.911, 7.91, etc.; of cities, councils, etc., ἡ λαμπρὰ τῶν Μιλησίων μητρόπολις <span class=title>SIG</span>906 <span class=title>A</span> 4 (iv A. D.), cf. 867.4 (Sup., Ephesus, ii A. D.); of actions, etc., ἔργον οὐδὲν ἀπ' αὐτῶν λ. γίνεται <span class=bibl>Hdt.3.72</span>; τὸν βίον λ. ποιεῖσθαι <span class=bibl>S.<span class=title>OC</span>1144</span>; τὸ λ. φῶς ἀποσβεννὺς γένους <span class=title>Trag.Adesp</span>.9. </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">2</span> [[magnificent]], [[munificent]], λ. ἐν ταῖς λειτουργίαις <span class=bibl>Isoc.3.56</span>, cf. <span class=bibl>D.21.153</span> (Sup.); <b class="b3">ὁ λαμπρὸς καὶ πλούσιος οὗτος</b> ib. 174. Adv. [[λαμπρῶς]], χορηγεῖν <span class=bibl>Antipho 2.2.12</span>, <span class=bibl>Arist.<span class=title>EN</span>1122b22</span>. </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">3</span> [[bright]], [[joyous]], λαμπρὸς [[ὥσπερ]] ὄμματι = even as his [[face]] is [[bright]], of the [[bearer]] of [[good]] [[news]], <span class=bibl>S.<span class=title>OT</span> 81</span>, cf. <span class=bibl>X.<span class=title>HG</span>4.5.10</span>; <b class="b3">λαμπρὸν ἐξέπεμψα</b> [[with]] [[bright]] [[hope]]s, <span class=bibl>S.<span class=title>El</span>.1130</span>; λ. ταῖς ἐλπίσιν <span class=bibl>Jul.<span class=title>Or</span>.2.64b</span>; also <b class="b3">ὄμματι δέρκομαι λαμπρόν</b>, of one [[clear]] in [[conscience]], <span class=bibl>Pi.<span class=title>N</span>.7.66</span>. </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">III</span> of [[outward]] [[appearance]], [[splendid]], [[brilliant]], [[νυμφίος|νυμφίον]]… λ. ὄντα <span class=bibl>Ar.<span class=title>Pax</span>859</span>; of a horse, <span class=title>IG</span>22.956.87, <span class=bibl>X.<span class=title>Eq</span>.11.1</span>; in dress, <span class=bibl>Id.<span class=title>Cyn</span>.2.4.5</span> (Sup.); of [[youthful]] [[bloom]], ὥρᾳ ἡλικίας λ. <span class=bibl>Th.6.54</span>; of [[healthy]] [[look]], Hp.Aër. 24; of property, [[dress]], etc., εἴ τί γ' ἔστι λαμπρὸν καὶ καλόν <span class=bibl>Ar.<span class=title>Pl</span>.144</span>, cf. <span class=bibl>E.<span class=title>Fr</span>.316.5</span>; κατασκευή <span class=bibl>X.<span class=title>Smp</span>.1.4</span> (Comp.); λαμπρὸν [[κάλλος]] = [[beaming]] [[beauty]], <span class=bibl>Pl. <span class=title>Phdr</span>.250b</span>, etc.: more generally λ. τι ποιεῖν <span class=bibl>X.<span class=title>Cyr</span>.5.4.15</span>; [[τὸ λαμπρόν]] = [[splendour]], <span class=bibl>Pi.<span class=title>N</span>.8.34</span>; λ. [[γενέσθαι]] βουλόμεσθα τοὺς γάμους <span class=bibl>Euang.1.3</span>. Adv. [[λαμπρῶς]], opp. [[λιτῶς]], <span class=bibl>Phld.<span class=title>Mort</span>.30</span>: Sup. [[λαμπρότατα]] <span class=bibl>X.<span class=title>Cyr</span>.2.4.1</span>; later [[λαμπροτάτως]] <span class=title>JHS</span>44.26 (Ancyra, ii A. D.). </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">2</span> of [[language]], [[brilliant]], τῶν διθυράμβων τὰ λαμπρά <span class=bibl>Ar.<span class=title>Av</span>.1388</span>; λαμπρὰ [[λέξις]] = [[ornamental]] [[diction]], <span class=bibl>Arist. <span class=title>Po</span>.1460b4</span>; [[λόγος]] <span class=bibl>Hermog.<span class=title>Id</span>.1.9</span>. </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">IV</span> Astrol., of [[degree]]s in a [[zodiacal]] [[sign]], ἑκάστου ζῳδίου λαμπρὰς μοίρας ἐξέθεντο <span class=bibl>Heph.Astr.1.1</span>, al. </span><span class=sense><span class="bld">V</span> for Adv. [[λαμπρῶς]], v. supr. <span class=bibl>1.5</span> and <span class=bibl>6</span>, <span class=bibl>11.2</span>, <span class=bibl>111.1</span></span>