A.sparkle, twinkle, “ἀ. λάμπρον προσώπω” flashing, radiant glance, Sapph.Supp.5.18, cf. A.R.3.288; of changing colour, and light, AP5.258 (Paul. Sil.); διδύμης ἀ. χροιῆς, of gems, Tryph.71, etc.; of any quick, light motion, Χαρίτων ἀμαρύγματ᾽ ἔχουσα with the flashing steps of Graces, Hes.Fr.21,94; of wrestling, “ἀ. πάλας” B.8.36; ἀ. χείλεος quivering of the lip, Theoc. 23.7: metaph., “τῶν πισύρων ἀρετῶν ἀμαρύγματα” AP7.343.
ἀμάρυγμα , Aeol. ἁμαρτώλ-υχμα , ατος, τό,
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.
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