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φάος

phaos · τό

light, daylight, daylight

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Where it lives

  • De Sensu et Sensibilibus 24 · 30.71/10k
  • 1 John 6 · 28.22/10k
  • Agamemnon 22 · 27.12/10k
  • Ephesians 5 · 20.76/10k
  • Baruch 5 · 19.79/10k
  • Heracles 15 · 19.16/10k
  • Rhesus 10 · 18.6/10k
  • Habacuc 2 · 18.28/10k
  • Persians 9 · 17.68/10k
  • Job 23 · 17.25/10k
  • Odae 7 · 17.22/10k
  • Iphigenia in Aulis 14 · 15.68/10k

Densest 12 of 115 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

light, daylight, daylight, day, day, light, light, light

light, esp. daylight, ἤδη φ. ἦεν ἐπὶ χθόνα Od. 23.371; φ. οἴχεθʼ ὑπὸ ζόφον 3.335; κατέδυ λαμπρὸν φ. ἠελίοιο Il. 1.605; Ἠὼς . . Ζηνὶ φόως ἐρέουσα 2.49; ἀθανάτοισι φόως φέροι Od. 5.2; νὺξ ἀποκρύψει φάος A. Pr. 24; τὸ τοῦ ἡλίου φῶς Pl. R. 515e; πρὸς τὸ φῶς βλέπειν ibid.; οὐράνιον φῶς, αἰθέρος φῶς, S. Ant. 944 (lyr.), E. Ph. 809 (lyr.); ἡμέρας ἁγνὸν φάος Id. Fr. 443; ἡμερήσιον φάος A. Ag. 23; τὸ ἡμερινὸν φῶς Pl. R. 508c; ἐν φάει by daylight, Od. 21.429; ἕως ἂν φῶς γένηται till daybreak, Pl. Prt. 311

b the light, public, light, publicity

in Poets, freq. in phrases concerning the life of men, ζώει καὶ ὁρᾷ φ. ἠελίοιο Il. 18.61, cf. Od. 4.540, etc.; λείπειν φ. ἠελίοιο Hes. Op. 155, Thgn. 569; ἐς φάος οὐκ ἀνίεσκε, ἀκίκεσθε, Hes. Th. 157, 652; ζῇ τε καὶ βλέπει φάος A. Pers. 299; ὅστις φῶς ὁρᾷ S. OT 375; ὄντα ἐν φάει Id. Ph. 415, etc.; Διὸς ἐν φάει E. Hec. 707 (lyr.); πέμψατʼ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐς φῶς, ἀναγαγεῖν εἰς φῶς, A. Pers. 630 (anap.), Ar. Av. 699 (anap.); πρὸς φῶς ἀνελθεῖν S. Ph. 625; πρὸς φῶς ἄγειν Pl. Prt. 320d; λείπω φάος Ar. Ac

c a day, days

simply a day, φῶς ἓν ἡλίου καταρκέσει E. Rh. 447; νόστιμον βλέπειν φάος, = ἦμαρ, A. Pers. 261: pl., κρισίμων φαέων of critical days, AP 11.382.11 (Agath.).

2 the light, the fire, a light, illuminations, fire

the light of a torch, lamp, fire, etc., τίς τοι φάος οἴσει; Od. 19.24, cf. 34, 64; φάος πάντεσσι παρέξω 18.317; φῶς δαίων A. Ch. 863 (anap.); ποιεῖν X. HG 6.2.29; πρὸς φῶς πίνειν to drink by the fire, Id. Cyr. 7.5.27; a light, φῶς ἔχων . . ἀφηγεῖτο Id. HG 5.1.8: pl., Plu. Pel. 12, Ant. 26, etc.; τὰ φ. the illuminations, IG 11(2).203A 33 (Delos, iii B. C.); μέσοις φωσίν at a moderate fire, Ps.-Democr.Alch. p.46 B., cf. Zos.Alch. p.147B.,155 B.

3 the light, eyes, eye

the light of the eyes, φάος ὀμμάτων, ὄσσων, Pi. N. 10.40, Opp. H. 4.525: pl., φάεα eyes, Od. 16.15, 19.417; τίεσκον ἴσον φαέεσσιν ἐμοῖσι Mosch. 4.9; φάη Gal. l.c.: sg., of the Cyclops’ eye, E. Cyc. 633.

4 window, opening

window, IG 42(1).110.43 (Epid., iv B. C.), Plu. Curios. 2.515b; opening in a machine, Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.7.14.

II light

light, as a metaph. for deliverance, happiness, victory, glory, etc., καὶ τῷ μὲν φάος ἦλθεν Il. 17.615; φόως δʼ ἑτάροισιν ἔθηκεν 6.6; ἐπὴν φάος ἐν νήεσσι θήῃς 16.95; ἐν χερσὶ φόως 15.741; [πύλαι] πετασθεῖσαι τεῦξαν φάος 21.538; φ. ἀρετᾶν Pi. O. 4.11; δώμασιν φάος μέγα A. Pers. 300, cf. S. Ant. 600 (lyr.), Aj. 709 (lyr.); λαμπρὸν φ. γένους Trag.Adesp. 9; of persons, ἤν πού τι φόως Δαναοῖσι γένωμαι Il. 16.39, cf. 8.282, etc.; esp. in addressing persons, ἦλθες, Τηλέμαχε, γλυκερὸν φάος Od. 16.23; ὦ

b

of God, ὁ θεὸς φ. ἐστί 1 Ep.Jo. 1.5; φ. καὶ ζωή ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατήρ Corp.Herm. 1.21; of Christ, φ. εἰς ἀποκάλυψιν ἐθνῶν Ev.Luc. 2.32, etc.

2 illumination

with reference to illumination of the mind, τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ φῶς E. IT 1026; φ. ἐν τῷ φιλοσοφεῖν Plu. Profect. 2.77d, cf. Aud. 47c; τὸ φ. τὸ ἐν σοί Ev.Matt. 6.23; τὸ φ. τῆς ζωῆς Ev.Jo. 8.12; ἐν τῷ φ. εἶναι 1 Ep.Jo. 2.9; τέκνα φωτός, ὅπλα τοῦ φ., Ep.Eph. 5.8, Ep.Rom. 13.12.

III the dark ring round the nipple

the dark ring round the nipple, Poll. 2.163.

In the wild

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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. φάος (scan pp. 1602-1604; entry #6318).

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