ἀγλαός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾱγλᾰ-], ἀγλαή, ἀγλαόν, also [[ἀγλαός]], ἀγλαόν Thgn.985, E.''Andr.''135:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[splendid]], [[shining]], [[bright]], [[epithet]] of [[beautiful]] objects, ἀ. [[ὕδωρ]] Il.2.307, etc.; γυῖα 19.385, cf. B.16.103; [[μηρία]] Hes.''Op.''337; ἥβης ἀ. [[ἄνθος]] Tyrt.10.28, cf. Thgn. [[l.c.]], B.5.154; then generally, [[splendid]], [[beautiful]], ἄποινα Il.1.23; [[δῶρα]] ib.213, etc.; ἔργα Od.10.223; ἄλσος Il.2.506, cf. Pi.''N.''4.20, Simon.13, etc.; [[noble]], [[glorious]], ἀγλαόν [ἐστιν] ἀνδρὶ μάχεσθαι γῆς πέρι Callin.1.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of men, either [[beautiful]] or [[famous]], [[noble]], Il.2.736,826, Hes.''Sc.''37, Pi.''O.''14.7, B.16.2, etc.: c. dat. rei, [[famous for]] a thing, κέρᾳ ἀγλαός, sarcastically, Il.11.385.—Ep. and Lyr. word, twice in Trag. (lyr.) ἀγλαὰς Θήβας S.''OT''152; Νηρηίδος ἀγλαὸν ἕδραν E. [[l.c.]]; also in later poetry, as Theoc.28.3. Adv. [[ἀγλαῶς]] Ar.''Lys.''640. (Perh. containing base γελα- in reduced form.)