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|Definition=(A), -άδος, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[torch]], A.''Th.''433, Th.3.24, etc.; πευκίνη λ. S. ''Tr.''1198; [[beacon]]-[[light]], A.''Ag.''8, 28, etc.; <b class="b3">λαμπάδας ἅψασθαι</b> [[light]] [[torch]]es, Ar.''Th.''655; <b class="b3">λαμπάδας τινάσσων</b>, in [[Bacchic]] ceremonies, Id.''Ra.''340 (lyr.); used in [[festal]] [[procession]]s, <b class="b3">φαίνετε τούτῳ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῷ Αἰσχύλῳ</b>) <b class="b3"> λαμπάδας ἱεράς</b> ib.1525 (anap.), cf. ''Th.''102 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[faggot]], Plb.3.93.4; any [[light]], [[lamp]], λαμπάδες ἀργυραῖ [[LXX]] ''Ju.''10.22; [[wax]]-[[light]], Plu.2.263f; λ. κηροχίτων ''AP''6.249 (Antip.); later of [[oil lamp|oil lamps]], Ev.Matt.25.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., of the [[sun]], Parm.10.3, S. ''Ant.''879 (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ 'πιοῦσα λαμπάς</b> the [[coming]] [[light]], i.e. the [[next]] [[day]], E.''Med.''352; of [[lightning]], δαμασθεὶς λαμπάσιν κεραυνίοις Id.''Supp.'' 1011, cf. ''Ba.''244, 594 (lyr.); of the Cyclops' eye, Cratin.459.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[meteor]], Arist.''Mu.''395b11, D.S.16.66, D.C.37.25.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[torch race]] = [[λαμπαδηδρομία]], [[lampadedromia]] Hdt.6.105, X.''Vect.''4.52; λαμπάδα [[δραμεῖν]], [[τρέχειν]], [[run]] the [[race]], Ar.''V.''1203, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''27.4; τὰς λ. δραμεῖν ''IG''22.1030.9; <b class="b3">ἐν ταῖς λ. διηγωνίσθαι</b> ib.1039.20; λαμπάδα φέρειν Ar.''Ra.''1087 (anap.); <b class="b3">ἀφιεμένην τὴν λ. θεῶ</b> see the start, ib.131; τὰς λ. [[συντελεῖν]] ''IG'' 22.1011.9; λ. ἔσται… ἀφ' ἵππων τῇ θεῷ Pl.''R.''328a; <b class="b3">λαμπάδι νικᾶν</b> [[win]] in it, And.4.42, cf. ''IG''22.957, al.; <b class="b3">λαμπάδα ν.</b> win it, ib.3.106, al.; <b class="b3">οἱ νικήσαντες τὴν λ.</b> ib.122, cf. ''Milet.''1(7).203a14 (ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., of life, λαμπάδα γὰρ ζωᾶς με δραμεῖν… ἤθελε δαίμων ''Epigr.Gr.'' 231 (Chios); καθάπερ λαμπάδα τὸν βίον παραδιδόντας ἄλλοις ἐξ ἄλλων Pl.''Lg.''776b.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[λυχνὶς ἀγρία]], Ps.-Dsc.3.101.<br /><br />(B), -άδος, ''poet.'' Adj.,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[torch-lit]], <b class="b3">λ. ἀκταί</b>, of [[Eleusis]], S.''OC'' 1049 (lyr.); ἑορταὶ λ. Lys.''Fr.''105 S.