Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φόως

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: φόως

Etym.: epic lengthd. from fw=s, which is itself contr. from fa/os

Sense

  1. light, light of day

Examples

  • ἐπῄει δ’ οὖν μοι πρὸσ αὐτὸν τὸ ἔποσ ἐκεῖνο λέγειν βάλλ’ οὕτωσ, αἲ κέν τι φόωσ γένηαι. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 37:6)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ μεγάλοιο Διὸσ νόοσ ἐξετελεῖτο, τῇ δ’ ἤδη δέκατοσ μεὶσ οὐρανῷ ἐστήρικτο, εἴσ τε φόωσ ἄγαγεν ἀρίσημά τε ἔργα τέτυκτο· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:3)
  • καλὸν δὲ φόωσ κατέλαμπε Σελήνησ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 15:3)
  • Ηὢσ δ’ ἠριγένεια φόωσ θνητοῖσι φέρουσα ὤρνυτ’ ἀπ’ Ὠκεανοῖο βαθυρρόου· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 19:2)
  • εἰ δὲ καὶ ὀφθαλμοῖσι φόωσ πόροι ἦ τ’ ἂν ὀίω γηθήσειν, ὅσον εἴπερ ὑπότροποσ οἴκαδ’ ἱκοίμην. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 2 7:24)

Synonyms

  1. light

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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