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

A.bright, radiant, of the sun and stars, “λ. φάος ἠελίοιο” Il.1.605; “ἀστήρ” 4.77; -ότατος, of Sirius, 22.30 (and of the same, “λαμπρὸν παμφαίνῃσι” 5.6); λαμπρὰ σελήνη Hes.ll.cc., cf. Th.7.44; “πρὶν ἡμέραν λ. γενέσθαι” D.H.3.27; of the eyes, S.OT1483, E. Hec.1045, etc., v. infr. 11.3; of metallic bodies, λ. φάλοι, κόρυθες, Il.13.132, 17.269: neut. as Adv., “θώρηκες λαμπρὸν γανόωντες” 13.265.

2. of white cloths and the like , bright, λαμπρὸς δ᾽ ἦν ἠέλιος ὥς [ὁ χιτών] Od.19.234; “δέρμα . . -ότατον λευκότητι” Hdt.4.64; λ. ἐσθής, = Lat. toga candida, Plb.10.5.1.

3. of water, clear, limpid, A.Eu.695, Hp.Aër.5, X.HG5.3.19; of air, “λ. ἠήρ” Hp.Aër.15; “αἰθήρ” E.Med.829 (Sup., lyr.).

4. of sound or voice, clear, distinct, Pl.Phlb. 51d, D.19.199; “λαμπρὰ κηρύσσειν” E.Heracl.864; “φωνὴ -οτέρα” Arist. HA545a12; opp. φ. ἀσαφής, Id.Aud.801b22; “λαμπρὸν ἀνολολύξαι” Plu. 2.768d; cf. “λάμπω” 1.2.

5. metaph., of vigorous action, λ. ἄνεμος a keen wind, Hdt.2.96, cf.A.Ag.1180; λ. ἤδη καὶ μέγας καθιείς swooping down like a fresh and mighty breeze, Ar.Eq.430, cf. 760; λαμπρὸς φανήσεται he will come furiously forth, E.Heracl.280; λ. μάχη a keenly contested battle, Plb.10.12.5; -“ότερος κίνδυνος” Id.1.45.9. Adv. -ρῶς, ἐπικείμενοι vigorously, Th.7.71; utterly, λ. ἡττῆσθαι, λ. περιεστοιχίσθαι, Hld.4.4, 9.1.

6. metaph. also, clear, manifest, “μαρτύρια” A.Eu.797; “ταῦτ᾽ ἐπειδὴ λαμπρὰ συμβαίνει” S.Tr.1174; “ἴχνη” X.Cyn. 5.5; “γεγενημένης τῆς νίκης λ. ἤδη” Th.7.55; λ. φυγή decisive, Arr.An. 2.11.3. Adv. -“ρῶς, κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως” A.Pr.833; “λελυμένων λ. τῶν σπονδῶν” Th.2.7; “λ. νικᾶν” Arr.An.2.10.4; λαμπρῶς ἐλέγετο it was said without concealment, Th.8.67.

II. of persons, well-known, illustrious by deeds, station, etc., “λ. ἐν τῇσι Ἀθήνῃσι” Hdt.6.125; “ἐν τοῖσι πολέμοισι ἐὼν -ότατος” Id.7.154; λ. ἐν [τοῖς κινδύνοις] D.19.269; -“οτάτους γενομένους τῶν καθ᾽ ἑαυτούς” Th.1.138; “ἐξ ἀδόξων γενέσθαι λ.” Isoc.5.89; “λ. ἐς γένος” E.El.37; “ἐν λόγοις” Id.Supp.[902]; as honorary title, -ότατος, = Lat. clarissimus, IG14.911, 7.91, etc.; of cities, councils, etc., “ἡ λαμπρὰ τῶν Μιλησίων μητρόπολις” SIG906 A 4 (iv A. D.), cf. 867.4 (Sup., Ephesus, ii A. D.); of actions, etc., “ἔργον οὐδὲν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν λ. γίνεται” Hdt.3.72; “τὸν βίον λ. ποιεῖσθαι” S.OC1144; “τὸ λ. φῶς ἀποσβεννὺς γένους” Trag.Adesp.9.

2. magnificent, munificent, “λ. ἐν ταῖς λειτουργίαις” Isoc.3.56, cf. D.21.153 (Sup.); ὁ λ. καὶ πλούσιος οὗτος ib. 174. Adv. -“ρῶς, χορηγεῖν” Antipho 2.2.12, Arist.EN1122b22.

3. bright, joyous, λ. ὥσπερ ὄμματι, of the bearer of good news, S.OT 81, cf. X.HG4.5.10; λαμπρὸν ἐξέπεμψα with bright hopes, S.El.1130; “λ. ταῖς ἐλπίσιν” Jul.Or.2.64b; also ὄμματι δέρκομαι λαμπρόν, of one clear in conscience, Pi.N.7.66.

III. of outward appearance, splendid, brilliant, “νυμφίον . . λ. ὄντα” Ar.Pax859; of a horse, IG22.956.87, X.Eq.11.1; in dress, Id.Cyn.2.4.5 (Sup.); of youthful bloom, “ὥρᾳ ἡλικίας λ.” Th.6.54; of healthy look, Hp.Aër.24; of property, dress, etc., “εἴ τί γ᾽ ἔστι λ. καὶ καλόν” Ar.Pl.144, cf. E.Fr.316.5; “κατασκευή” X.Smp.1.4 (Comp.); λ. κάλλος beaming beauty, Pl. Phdr.250b, etc.: more generally “λ. τι ποιεῖν” X.Cyr.5.4.15; τὸ λ. splendour, Pi.N.8.34; “λ. γενέσθαι βουλόμεσθα τοὺς γάμους” Euang.1.3. Adv. -ῶς, opp. λιτῶς, Phld.Mort.30: Sup. -ότατα X.Cyr.2.4.1; later -οτάτως JHS44.26 (Ancyra, ii A. D.).

2. of language, brilliant, “τῶν διθυράμβων τὰ λ.” Ar.Av.1388; λ. λέξις ornamental diction, Arist. Po.1460b4; “λόγος” Hermog.Id.1.9.

IV. Astrol., of degrees in a zodiacal sign, “ἑκάστου ζῳδίου λαμπρὰς μοίρας ἐξέθεντο” Heph.Astr.1.1, al.

V. for Adv. -ρῶς, v. supr. 1.5 and 6, 11.2, 111.1.