The corpus record

φαεσίμβροτος

phaesimbrotos

bringing light to mortals, shining on them

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Where it lives

Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

bringing light to mortals, shining on them

bringing light to mortals, shining on them, ἠώς Il. 24.785, B. 12.128; Ἠέλιος Od. 10.138, 191, Hes. Th. 958; Ἀπόλλων IG 14.2524 (Autun); Ἠριγένεια ib. 3.1326; ὄργια . . φαεσίμβροτα Δηοῦς ib. 2(2).3661 (Eleusis, ii/iii A. D.); once in Trag., θεοῦ φαεσίμβροτοι αὐγαί E. Heracl. 750 (lyr.).

In the wild

φαεσιμβρότου · phaesimbrotou Theogony 958–960
φαεσίμβροτος · phaesimbrotos Iliad 24.785
φαεσιμβρότου · phaesimbrotou Odyssey 10.138
φαεσίμβροτος · phaesimbrotos Odyssey 10.191

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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