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φάσμα , ατος, τό: (φαίνω):—
A.apparition, phantom, Hdt.6.69, 117, A.Ag.415 (lyr.), etc.; φ. ἀνθρώπου spectral appearance of a man, Hdt. 4.15; “φ. γυναικόςId.8.84, cf. Pl.Smp.179d; “φ. νερτέρωνE.Alc. 1127; vision in a dream, “ὀνείρων φάσματαA.Ag.274, cf. S.El.644, etc.; φ. νυκτός ib.501 (lyr.); “νύχια φ.E.IT1263 (lyr.).
2. appearance, phenomenon, Pl.Tht.155a; “ἀνατολῆς φ. καὶ δύσεωςEpicur.Nat.11.8 (pl.), al.: so, of strange phenomena in the heavens, Arist.Mete. 338b23, 342a35; of images apprehended by sense, Diog.Oen.Fr. 7.
3. of shows or mysteries, as images or types of realities, “εὐδαίμονα φ. μυούμενοιPl.Phdr.250c.
4. sign from heaven, portent, omen, Hdt.3.10, 4.79, 7.37,38, 8.37, S.El.1466, Pl.Plt.268e, etc.; “φ. ΚρονίδαPi.O.8.43, cf. A.Ag.145 (pl., lyr.); Παλλάδα . . εὔσημον φ. ναυβάταις Eur.IA252 (lyr.).
5. monster, prodigy, periphr., φάσμα ταύρου, ὕδρας, a monster of a bull, of a hydra, S.Tr. 509 (lyr.), 837 codd. (lyr.); of the Sphinx, Epigr.Gr.1016.3.
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