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λάμπω , Il.13.474, etc.; Ion.Iterat.
A.λάμπεσκενEmp.84.6, Theoc. (v. infr.): fut. -ψω S.El.66, AP6.249 (Antip.): aor. “ἔλαμψαHdt.6.82 (v.l.), S.OT473 (lyr.), Ar.V.62, Pl.Ep.335d: pf. λέλαμπα (in pres. sense) E.Andr.1025, Tr.1295 (both lyr.):—Med., h.Hom.31.13, etc.: impf. ἐλαμπόμην, Ep. λαμπ-, Il.6.319, E.Med.1194: fut. λάμψομαι ἐλλ-) Hdt.1.80:—Pass., fut. λαμφθήσομαι ἐλλ-) Plot.2.9.3: aor. “ἐλάμφθηνJ.BJ4.10.1 (περι-): from these late forms of Pass. must be distd. the similar Ion. forms of λαμβάνω:—give light, shine, of the gleam of arms, “τῆλε δὲ χαλκὸς λάμφ᾽ ὥς τε στεροπήIl.10.154, cf. 11.66; λάμπε δὲ χαλκῷ, of Hector, 12.463; “φῶς λάμπεσκενEmp. l.c.; “ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν δὲ κακὸν πῦρ . . λάμπεσκεTheoc.24.19; of the eyes, “ὀφθαλμὼ δ᾽ ἄρα οἱ πυρὶ λάμπετονIl.13.474; of the sun, Sol.13.23, etc.; of fire, S.Ant.1007; “ἄλσος λάμπεν ὑπὸ δεινοῖο θεοῦHes.Sc.71:—Med., “κόρυθος -ομένηςIl.16.71; “λάμπετο δουρὸς αἰχμή6.319; “δαΐδων ὕπο -ομενάων18.492, Od. (only in this phrase) 19.48, 23.290; “χαλκὸς ἐλάμπετοIl.22.134; of a person, -“όμενος πυρί15.623; “τεύχεσι λ.20.46, Hes.Sc.60; “ὄσσε -έσθηνIl.15.608; “πεδίον . . λάμπετο χαλκῷ20.156, etc.
2. of sound, ring loud and clear, “παιὰν δὲ λάμπειS.OT186 (lyr.), cf. 473 (lyr.); cf. “λαμπρός1.4.
b. Astrol., of a planet, occupy a favourable position, Ptol.Tetr.51.
II. trans., cause to shine, illumine, “δόλιον ἀκταῖς ἀστέρα λάμψαςE.Hel. 1131 (lyr.), cf. Ion83 (anap.), Ph.226, APl.c., Trag.Adesp.33, etc. —Found chiefly in poetry and Com., though the pres. and impf. occur in X.An.3.1.11 (Med.), Mem.4.7.7, Pl.Phdr.250d, Arist.de An.419a4, and late Prose, and the aor. in Hdt.6.82 (v.l.), Arist.Mu. 395a15, Plu.Tim.3, etc.
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