Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.bright, beaming, “φάος” Pi.Fr.109; “ἁλίου σέλας” A.Eu.926 (lyr.); “σελήνη” Id.Ag.298; “τράπεζαι” Cratin.301 (troch.); “κρατήρ” Alex.119.1; of sparkling water, λευκῶν φαιδροτέρην λιβάδων (of a woman), AP7.218 (Antip. Sid.); “ἀήρ” Poll.9.20.

2. metaph., beaming with joy, bright, cheerful (opp. στυγνός, X.An.2.6.11), “φ. πρόσωπον” Sol.42.3, S.El.1297, etc.; “φ . . . ὄμμασι δέξασθε . . βασιλέα” A.Ag.520; “φ. φρενὶ δέξασθαι” Id.Ch.565; “φ. κάρα” S.El.1310; “ὄμμα φ. ὡς εἶδον τέκνων” E. Med.1043; φαιδροῖς ὠσίν, of a horse pricking his ears, Ar.Pax156 (anap.); of persons, of glad countenance, cheerful, X.Cyr.3.3.59, Gal.6.186, 16.615 (Comp.), etc.; “φαιδρὸς λάμποντι μετώπῳ” Ar.Eq. 550 (anap.); “ὄμμασι καὶ σχήμασι καὶ βαδίσματι φαιδρός” X.Ap.27; “κυνὲς ἀπὸ τῶν προσώπων φ.” Id.Cyn.4.2; ἐπί τινι φ. glad at a thing, D.18.323. Adv. -δρῶς joyously, cheerily, “φ. βιοτεύων” X.Cyr.4.6.6, cf. 4.2.11; neut. pl. φαιδρά as Adv., “φ. γοῦν ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων σαίνει με” with happy smile, S.OC319, cf. Fr.766 (anap.).

II. masc. pr. n., properisp. Φαῖδρος: fem. Φαίδρα, Ion. Φαίδρη, parox. (Cf. Lith. gi[etilde]dras 'fair, clear (weather, sky)'.)