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γλαυκός

glaukos

gleaming, bluish green, grey

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Where it lives

Helen 3 · 3.07/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

γλαυκός · glaukos — LSJ

gleaming

gleaming (cf. γλαύσσω, γλαυσός), once in Hom., γλαυκὴ δέ σε τίκτε θάλασσα Il. 16.34 (hence γλαυκὴ δυσπέμφελος, = the sea, Hes. Th. 440): so in Trag. (not A.), γ. λίμνα S. Fr. 371, 476; ἅλς E. Cyc. 16; οἶδμα Id. Hel. 1501 (lyr.); later γ. σελάνα Mesom. Sol. 21; πλήθοντα πυρὸς γλαυκοῖο σελήνη Tryph. 514; ἀστέρες Him. Ecl. 13.37; γ. ἠώς Theoc. 16.5; also γ. δράκων Pi. O. 8.37 (expld. by Sch.as, = γλαύκωψ, γλαυκῶπις).

II bluish green, grey

later, of colour (κυανοῦς λευκῷ κεραννύμενος Pl. Ti. 68c; cf. γλαυκότερον κυάνοιο φαείνεται Hegesianax 1), bluish green or grey, of the olive, S. OC 701, E. IT 1101, Tr. 802 (all lyr.), etc.; of the elder, Emp. 93; ὀπώρα, of grapes, S. Tr. 703; of vine leaves, AP 9.87 (Marc. Arg.); of the beryl and topaz, D.P. 1119 sq.; μάραγδος Nonn. D. 5.178.

2 light blue, grey

freq. of the eye, light blue, grey, opp. μέλας, χαροπός, Arist. GA 779b13, HA 492a3, cf. Paus. 1.14.6; ἔθνος γ. ἰσχυρῶς καὶ πυρρόν Hdt. 4.108, cf. Hp. Aër. 14, Arist. Pr. 892a3, etc.; γ. Ἀθάνα E. Heracl. 754 (lyr.), Theoc. 28.1, cf. Plot. 4.4.19; cf. γλαυκῶπις: —this colour was not admired, Luc. DMeretr. 2.1, Philostr. VA 7.42.

In the wild

γλαυκοὶ · glaukoi Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 8
γλαυκὰ · glauka Euripides, Helen 1 (DIORISIS sentence 972)
γλαυκὸν · glaukon Euripides, Helen 2 (DIORISIS sentence 981)
γλαυκῆς · glaukēs Euripides, Helen 400 (DIORISIS sentence 222)
γλαυκᾶς · glaukas Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1 (DIORISIS sentence 662)
γλαυκὴν · glaukēn Euripides, Suppliants (DIORISIS sentence 152)

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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. γλαυκός (scan pp. 321-322; entry #1443).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. γλαυκός (scan p. 240; entry #1640).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. γλαυκός (scan pp. 342-343; entry #1302).

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