A.“φαέεσσι” Hes.Fr.142.4, Call. Dian.211, etc.:—φάος is the only form used by Pi.: Trag. use φάος or φῶς, both in lyr. and dialogue, as metre requires: Com. use φάος in lyr. only, Ar.Eq.973, Ra.1529; φῶν is a late acc. in BCH51.380 (Cyme, Hymn to Isis); in Prose φῶς is the only form used in nom. and acc.: gen. “φάους” X.Cyr.4.2.9, 26, Oec.9.3, Arist.de An.429a3; dat. “φάει” A.Ag.575, Ch.62 (lyr.), S.Ph.415, 1212 (lyr.), etc.: pl., “φάη” B. 8.28, Gal.18(2).250, AP7.373 (Thall.); gen. “φαέων” Arat.90; dat. “φάεσι” Call.Dian.71; in Prose gen. “φωτός” Pl.R.518a, Ax.365c; dat. “φωτί” Luc. Musc.Enc.9, etc. (“φῷ” E.Fr.534); pl., “φῶτα” IG11(2).203 A33 (Delos, iii B. C.), etc.; gen. φώτων ib.42(1).110.43 (Epid., iv B. C.); dat. φωσί (v. infr. 1.2): （φάω）. [α^ regularly; but Hom. always has α_ metri gr. in φα_εα; and so dat. pl. φα_εσι in Call.Dian.71]:—light, esp. daylight, ἤδη “φ. ἦεν ἐπὶ χθόνα” Od.23.371; “φ. οἴχεθ᾽ ὑπὸ ζόφον” 3.335; “κατέδυ λαμπρὸν φ. ἠελίοιο” Il.1.605; “Ἠὼς . . Ζηνὶ φόως ἐρέουσα” 2.49; “ἀθανάτοισι φόως φέροι” Od.5.2; “νὺξ ἀποκρύψει φάος” A.Pr.24; “τὸ τοῦ ἡλίου φῶς” Pl.R. 515e; πρὸς τὸ φῶς βλέπειν ibid.; οὐράνιον φῶς, αἰθέρος φῶς, S.Ant.944 (lyr.), E.Ph.809 (lyr.); “ἡμέρας ἁγνὸν φάος” Id.Fr.443; “ἡμερήσιον φάος” A.Ag.23; “τὸ ἡμερινὸν φῶς” Pl.R.508c; ἐν φάει by daylight, Od.21.429; ἕως ἂν φῶς γένηται till daybreak, Pl.Prt.311a; ἅμα φάει at daybreak, Plu.Cam.34; “ἅμα τῷ φωτί” Plb.1.30.10, al.; ἕως ἔτι φῶς ἐστιν while there is still light, Pl.Phd.89c; “ἔτι φάους ὄντος” X.Cyr.4.2.26; “κατὰ φάος νύκτας τε” E.Ba.425 (lyr.); κατὰ φῶς, opp. νύκτωρ, X.Cyr.3.3.25; also, of moonlight and starlight, “φαέεσσι σελήνης” Hes. l. c., cf. Pi.O.10(11).75, Bion Fr.8.5, etc.; “ἀστέρος τηλαυγέστερον” Pi.P.3.75; τὰ φῶτα, sc. sun and moon, Ptol.Tetr.37,38.
b. in Poets, freq. in phrases concerning the life of men, “ζώει καὶ ὁρᾷ φ. ἠελίοιο” Il.18.61, cf. Od.4.540, etc.; “λείπειν φ. ἠελίοιο” Hes.Op.155, Thgn.569; ἐς φάος οὐκ ἀνίεσκε, ἀκίκεσθε, Hes.Th.157,652; “ζῇ τε καὶ βλέπει φάος” A.Pers.299; “ὅστις φῶς ὁρᾷ” S.OT375; “ὄντα ἐν φάει” Id.Ph.415, etc.; “Διὸς ἐν φάει” E.Hec.707 (lyr.); πέμψατ᾽ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐς φῶς, ἀναγαγεῖν εἰς φῶς, A.Pers.630 (anap.), Ar.Av.699 (anap.); “πρὸς φῶς ἀνελθεῖν” S.Ph.625; “πρὸς φῶς ἄγειν” Pl.Prt.320d; “λείπω φάος” Ar.Ach.1185 (paratrag.); “εἰ στερήσομαι τοῦδε τοῦ φωτός” Pl.Ax.365c: but also εἰς φῶς ἰέναι to come into the light, i.e. into public, S.Ph.1353; εἰς φῶς λέγειν ib.581; τὸ φῶς κόσμον παρέχει light (i. e. publicity) is a guarantee for order, X.Ages.9.1.
c. simply a day, “φῶς ἓν ἡλίου καταρκέσει” E.Rh.447; νόστιμον βλέπειν φάος, = ἦμαρ, A.Pers.261: pl., κρισίμων φαέων of critical days, AP11.382.11 (Agath.).
2. the light of a torch, lamp, fire, etc., “τίς τοι φάος οἴσει;” Od.19.24, cf. 34,64; “φάος πάντεσσι παρέξω” 18.317; “φῶς δαίων” A.Ch.863 (anap.); “ποιεῖν” X.HG6.2.29; πρὸς φῶς πίνειν to drink by the fire, Id.Cyr.7.5.27; a light, “φῶς ἔχων . . ἀφηγεῖτο” Id.HG5.1.8: pl., Plu.Pel.12, Ant.26, etc.; τὰ φ. the illuminations, IG11(2).203A33 (Delos, iii B. C.); μέσοις φωσίν at a moderate fire, Ps.-Democr.Alch.p.46 B., cf. Zos.Alch.pp.147,155 B.
3. the light of the eyes, φάος ὀμμάτων, ὄσσων, Pind.N.10.40, Opp.H.4.525: pl., “φάεα” eyes, Od.16.15, 19.417; “τίεσκον ἴσον φαέεσσιν ἐμοῖσι” Mosch.4.9; “φάη” Gal. l. c.: sg., of the Cyclops' eye, E.Cyc.633.
4. window, IG42(1).110.43 (Epid., iv B. C.), Plu.2.515b; opening in a machine, Heliod. ap. Orib.49.7.14.
II. light, as a metaph. for deliverance, happiness, victory, glory, etc., “καὶ τῷ μὲν φάος ἦλθεν” Il.17.615; “φόως δ᾽ ἑτάροισιν ἔθηκεν” 6.6; “ἐπὴν φάος ἐν νήεσσι θήῃς” 16.95; “ἐν χερσὶ φόως” 15.741; [“πύλαι] πετασθεῖσαι τεῦξαν φάος” 21.538; “φ. ἀρετᾶν” Pi.O.4.11; “δώμασιν φάος μέγα” A.Pers.300, cf. S.Ant. 600 (lyr.), Aj.709 (lyr.); “λαμπρὸν φ. γένους” Trag.Adesp.9; of persons, “ἤν πού τι φόως Δαναοῖσι γένωμαι” Il.16.39, cf. 8.282, etc.; esp. in addressing persons, “ἦλθες, Τηλέμαχε, γλυκερὸν φάος” Od.16.23; “ὦ φάος Ἑλλήνων” Anacr.124; “Ἀκραγαντίνων φάος” Pi.I.2.17; “ὦ φίλτατον φῶς” S.El.1224, 1354; “ὦ μέγιστον Ἕλλησιν φάος” E.Hec.841; in late Prose, Anon. ap. Suid. s.v. ὦ φῶς: pl., AP7.373 (Thall.).
b. of God, “ὁ θεὸς φ. ἐστί” 1 Ep.Jo.1.5; “φ. καὶ ζωή ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατήρ” Corp.Herm.1.21; of Christ, “φ. εἰς ἀποκάλυψιν ἐθνῶν” Ev.Luc.2.32, etc.
2. with reference to illumination of the mind, “τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ φῶς” E.IT1026; “φ. ἐν τῷ φιλοσοφεῖν” Plu.2.77d, cf. 47c; “τὸ φ. τὸ ἐν σοί” Ev.Matt.6.23; “τὸ φ. τῆς ζωῆς” Ev.Jo.8.12; “ἐν τῷ φ. εἶναι” 1 Ep.Jo.2.9; τέκνα φωτός, ὅπλα τοῦ φ., Ep.Eph.5.8, Ep.Rom.13.12.
III. the dark ring round the nipple, Poll.2.163.
