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αἴγλη

aigle

light (of sun or moon), gleam, radiance

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1. αἴγλη · aiglē — Beekes

αἴγλη 1 [f.] ‘light (of sun or moon), gleam, radiance’ (IL). *DER aiyAneic ‘gleaming’ (Il.), alyAdtac, -ήτης epithet of Apollo (inscr. Anaphe, Thera; A. R.); αἰγλάζω ‘to shine, gleam’ (Man.). eETYM The connection with Skt. éjati ‘to move, tremble’ (cf. » aiyavén) is rightly rejected by DELG. The epithets Ἀπόλλων » Ἀσγελάτας (Anaphe) and Ἀπόλλων Αἰγλάτας (Anaphe, Thera) are often compared. In view of the … — [Beekes, s.v. αἴγλη, p. 80]

2. αἴγλη · aiglē — Chantraine

αἴγλη, -ἧς : 1. céclats du soleil et de la lune, de l’Olympe, du bronze (Hom.), repris par les trag. et les lyr. pariois au figuré; enfin une glose d'Hsch. semble indiquer que le terme 4 pu désigner des objets brillants : αἴγλη " χλιδών, Σοφοκλῆς Τηρεῖ καὶ πέδη παρὰ ᾿Ἐπιχάρμῳ ἐν Βάκχαις ; cf. αἴγλας “ ἀμφιδέας καὶ ψέλια κτλ., aussi — [Chantraine, s.v. αἴγλη, p. 44]

3. αἴγλη · aiglē — Frisk

αἴγλη “"Ring’. Von Lewy ΚΖ 59, 188ff. aus αἴγλας" ἀμφιδέας αἰγυπιός — "Audng 33 — [Frisk, s.v. αἴγλη, p. 62]

4. αἴγλη · aiglē — LSJ

the light of the sun, moon, daylight, sunshine, dream light

the light of the sun or moon, Od. 4.45, etc.:—of the radiance of Olympus, λευκὴ αἴ. 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 αἴ., of sunshine on edge of storm-cloud, B. 12.140; of dream light in sleep, S. Ph. 831 (lyr.).

2 radiance, gleam, gleam

generally, radiance, gleam, ἀπὸ χαλκοῦ αἴ. Il. 2.458; τὰς πυρφόρους Ἀρτέμιδος αἴ. the gleam of her torches, S. OT 207 (lyr.); μέλαιναν αἴ., of dying embers, E. Tr. 549 (lyr.).

3 splendour, glory

metaph., splendour, glory, αἴ. ποδῶν, of swiftness, Pi. O. 13.36; διόσδοτος αἴ. Id. P. 8.96.

II bracelet, fetter

of shining objects, as a bracelet, S. Fr. 594; fetter, Epich. 20.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. αἴγλη (scan p. 80; entry #200).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. αἴγλη (scan pp. 44-45; entry #188).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. αἴγλη (scan pp. 62-63; entry #180).

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