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The corpus record

φαεινός

phaeinos

shining, radiant

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Where it lives

  • Shield of Heracles 3 · 9.27/10k
  • Iliad 65 · 5.83/10k
  • Ajax 2 · 2.54/10k
  • Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
  • Odyssey 18 · 2.07/10k
  • Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
  • Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
  • Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
  • Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

What it meant — LSJ

shining, radiant, bright, bright, glossy, bright as the day

shining, radiant, πῦρ Il. 5.215; σελήνη 8.555; Ἠώς Od. 4.188; ὄσσε Il. 13.3; χαλκός 12.151; κασσίτερος 23.561; ὀρείχαλκος, χρυσός, Hes. Sc. 122, 142; κρητήρ Il. 3.247, al.; δόρυ 4.496; ἀσπίς, σάκος, 3.357, 8.272; πήληξ 13.805; θώρηξ φαεινότερος πυρὸς αὐγῆς 18.610; ὅπλα E. Andr. 1146; μάστιξ Il. 10.500; θύραι Od. 6.19; of bright colours, ζωστὴρ φοίνικι φαεινός Il. 6.219, cf. 15.538; φ. πέπλος, τάπης, 5.315, 10.156; φ. πλόκαμοι bright, glossy, 14.176; εἶδος, of the stars, Sapph. 3.2; ἄστρον Pi. O.

2 clear, distinct, far-sounding

of the voice, clear, distinct, far-sounding, Pi. P. 4.283.

3 splendid, brilliant, clear

splendid, brilliant, ἀρεταί, θυσίαι, Id. N. 7.51, I. 5(4).30; κρηπὶς ἐλευθερίας Id. Fr. 77.—Very rare in Prose, ἐν τοῖς φαεινοῖς χρόνοις, of clear nights, Aen.Tact. 25.2; Φάεννος is pr. n. at Rhodes, Chron.Lind. B. 34.

In the wild

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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.

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