to be like the sun
to be like the sun, κόμαι ἡλιῶσαι Anacreont. 16.5, cf. Hld. 3.4, Philostr. VA 7.42.
II expose to the sun
Act., expose to the sun, τὰς σταφυλάς Arist. Pr. 926b38.
The corpus record
ἡλῐ-άω
eliao
to be like the sun
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.