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φάος 1 epic nom. and acc. pl. φάεα [α_ metri grat.]

I.light, daylight, Hom., etc.:—in Poets, of life, ζώειν καὶ ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο id=Hom.; λείπειν φάος ἠελίοιο Hes.; πέμπειν τινὰ ἐς φῶς Aesch.; πρὸς φῶς ἀνελθεῖν Soph.
2.of day-light, ἐν φάει Od.; φῶς γίγνεται it is becoming light, i. e. day is breaking, Plat.; ἕως ἔτι φῶς ἐστι while there is still light, id=Plat.
3.the light of a torch, lamp, fire, a light, Od., Aesch.
4.the light of the eyes, Pind.; pl. φάεα the eyes, Lat. lumina, Od.
II.light, as a metaph. for deliverance, happiness, victory, Il.: also in addressing persons, γλυκερὸν φάος dear light of my life, Od.; ὦ φίλτατον φῶς Soph.

1 φάος, εος, τό,

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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