φᾱνός (phanos2)

What it meant — LSJ

torch

torch, Ar. Lys. 308; ὑπὸ φανοῦ πορεύεσθαι X. Lac. 5.7; ποῖος φ. τοιοῦτος οἷος ὁ ἥλιος; Alex. 87; distd. from λύχνος, Anaxandr. 48, cf. Phryn. 40; but prob. = λύχνος in UPZ 5.18, 6.15 (ii B. C.), Stud.Pal. 10.251.2 (vi A. D.); μετὰ φανῶν καὶ λαμπάδων Ev.Jo. 18.3, cf. PLond. 3.1159.59 (ii A. D.): the form πᾱνός (prob. a different word) is found in A. Ag. 284, S. Fr. 184, E. Ion 195 (lyr.), Fr. 90, Diph. 6, Men. 62.

II cover

φ. ὑελοῦς glass cover, Olymp.Alch. p.75 B.

2 still

a form of still, Zos.Alch. p.224B.

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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