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ἀγλαός [α_γλα^-], ή, όν, also ός, όν Thgn.985, E.Andr.135:—
A.splendid, shining, bright, epith. of beautiful objects, “. ὕδωρIl.2.307, etc.; “γυῖα19.385, cf. B.16.103; “μηρίαHes.Op.337; “ἥβης . ἄνθοςTyrt.10.28, cf. Thgn. l.c., B.5.154; then generally, splendid, beautiful, “ἄποιναIl.1.23; δῶρα ib.213, etc.; “ἔργαOd.10.223; “ἄλσοςIl.2.506, cf. Pi.N.4.20, Simon.13, etc.; noble, glorious, “ἀγλαόν [ἐστιν] ἀνδρὶ μάχεσθαι γῆς πέριCallin.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 ΘήβαςS.OT152; “Νηρηίδος ἀγλαὸν ἕδρανE. l.c.; also in later poetry, as Theoc.28.3. Adv. “ἀγλαῶςAr.Lys.640. (Perh. containing base γελα- in reduced form.)
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Bacchylides, Dithyrambs, 16.103
    • Bacchylides, Epinicians, 5.154
    • Bacchylides, Dithyrambs, 16.2
    • Euripides, Andromache, 135
    • Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, 37
    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 337
    • Homer, Iliad, 11.385
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.506
    • Homer, Odyssey, 10.223
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 152
    • Homer, Iliad, 19.385
    • Homer, Iliad, 1.23
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.307
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.736
    • Aristophanes, Lysistrata, 640
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