The corpus record

ἀλαμπ-ής

alampes

dull, not bright

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Where it lives

Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ἀλαμπ-ής · alamp-ēs — LSJ

dull, not bright, out of, light

= foreg., νύξ Simon. 37.8; dull, not bright, ὄψιες v.l. in Hp. Prog. 2, πῦρ D.S. 3.48; of colour, Arist. Col. 793a12; of sound, Orib. 50.51.2; ἀ. ἡλίον out of sunʼs light, S. Tr. 691; ὑπόγαιον J. BJ 1.3.3; ἀλαμπέας Ἄϊδος εὐνάς Epigr.Gr. 431 (Antioch.).

2 obscure

metaph., obscure, ἀρετὴν..ἀμαυρὰν καὶ ἀ. Plu. Phoc. 1, cf. B. 12.175.

In the wild

ἀλαμπὲς · alampes Plotinus, Enneads 2.4 (DIORISIS sentence 936)
ἀλαμπὲς · alampes Sophocles, Trachiniae 688–692

Where it came from

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