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.