φάος
φάος, φάεος, τό, Att. contr. φῶς, φωτός, and resolved Ep. φόως ( φώωσδε, though read by Ar.Byz. and Aristarch., is to be rejected in Il. 16.188); Aeol. φάος Sapph. 96.9 L.-P., but cf. φαυοφόρος:— Hom. uses φάος and φόως, never φῶς; of the oblique cases he uses only dat. sing. φάει and acc. pl. φάεα; dat. pl. 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 BCH 51.380 (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, AP 7.373 ( 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 IG ΙΙ(2).203 A 33 ( Delos, iii B. C.), etc.; gen. φώτων ib. 42(1).110.43 ( Epid., iv B. C.); dat. φωσί (v. infr. 1.2): ( φάω) . [ᾰ regularly; but Hom. always has ᾱ metri gr. in φᾱεα; and so dat. pl. φᾱεσι in Call. Dian. 71]:—