A.splendid, shining, bright, epith. of beautiful objects, “ἀ. ὕδωρ” Il.2.307, etc.; “γυῖα” 19.385, cf. B.16.103; “μηρία” Hes.Op.337; “ἥβης ἀ. ἄνθος” Tyrt.10.28, cf. Thgn. l.c., B.5.154; then generally, splendid, beautiful, “ἄποινα” Il.1.23; δῶρα ib.213, etc.; “ἔργα” Od.10.223; “ἄλσος” Il.2.506, cf. Pi.N.4.20, Simon.13, etc.; noble, glorious, “ἀγλαόν [ἐστιν] ἀνδρὶ μάχεσθαι γῆς πέρι” Callin.1.6.
II. of men, either beautiful or famous, noble, Il.2.736,826, Hes.Sc.37, Pi.O.14.7, B.16.2, etc.: c. dat. rei, famous for a thing, κέρᾳ ἀγλαός, sarcastically, Il.11.385.— Ep. and Lyr. word, twice in Trag. (lyr.) “ἀγλαὰς Θήβας” S.OT152; “Νηρηίδος ἀγλαὸν ἕδραν” E. l.c.; also in later poetry, as Theoc.28.3. Adv. “ἀγλαῶς” Ar.Lys.640. (Perh. containing base γελα- in reduced form.)