LOGOI

The corpus record

ἐλ-λάμπω

ellampo

shine, shine upon, irradiate, be reflected in, illuminate, distinguish oneself, gain glory in, with

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

What it meant

ἐλ-λάμπω · el-lampō — LSJ

shine, shine upon, irradiate, shine, be reflected in

shine, Σείριος . . ὀξὺς ἐ. Archil. 61: c. dat., shine upon, irradiate, τῇ ψυχῇ Ph. 1.273; πᾶσιν Procl. Inst. 23; εἰς ψυχήν Hierocl. in CA 10p.433M.; εἰς τὴν οἰκείαν ἕδραν Jul. Or. 4.134b; shine or be reflected in, ἐν τοῖς ὄμμασι τῶν πλησίον Plu. Aud. 2.40d: c. dat., Iamb. Myst. 2.3, al.

II illuminate, distinguish oneself, gain glory in, with

trans., illuminate, ἐλλάμπουσα ἀεὶ ἐλλάμπεται Plot. 2.9.2, cf. Procl. in Ti. 2.285 D., al.; ὅταν [ἡ ψυχὴ] οἷον ἐλλάμψῃ πρὸς ἑαυτήν Plot. 6.4.16:—metaph. in Med., distinguish oneself, gain glory in or with, [τῷ ἱππικῷ] ἐπεῖχε ἐλλάμψεσθαι Hdt. 1.80; τῇσι νηυσί Id. 8.74.

2 cause to shine upon, cause to shine

cause to shine upon, καλλονὴν ἑκάστῳ Them. Or. 4.52b; cause to shine, ἡ τῶν θεῶν παρουσία τὸ φῶς ἐ. Iamb. Myst. 2.6.

In the wild

6 of 40 attestations shown. Ask for more.

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.

Downloads

CC BY 4.0 with receipt attribution — every file carries its license line. What is exportable

Ask the librarian

Ask about ἐλ-λάμπω →