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ἀμα^ρύσσω [α^μ], Ep., only pres. and impf.,
A.sparkle, twinkle, glance, of the eye, “ἐκ δέ οἱ ὄσσων πῦρ ἀμάρυσσεν” Hes. Th.827; πυκνόν or πύκν᾽ ἀμαρύσσων darting quick glances, h.Merc.278; “φολίδων στικτοῖσιτύποις ἀμάρυσσεν ὀφίτης” Nonn.D.18.79:—Med., of light, colour, etc., A.R. 4.178, 1146; “ἀμαρύσσεται ἄνθεσι λειμών” AP9.668 (Marian.), cf. Nonn. D.5.77, al.
II. Act., shoot forth, dart, “πῦρ” h.Merc.415, Q.S.8.29.
2. dazzle, Nonn.D.5.485.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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