λύχνος
λύχνος,
ὁ, pl.
A). λύχνοι Batr. 180 ,
Ar. Eq. 1315 ,
Antiph. 70 ,
152 ,
PPetr. 2p.72 (iii B. C.): freq. also
λύχνα,
Hdt. 2.62 ,
133 ,
E. Cyc. 514 (lyr.),
Call. Hec. 1.4.11 , etc., prob. in
Alc. 41.1 . (Fr.
λυκ-
sno-, cf.
Λύκη):—
portable light, lamp,
χρύσεος λ. Od. 19.34 ;
λύχνα καίειν, ἀνάπτειν, light
lamps,
Hdt. ll. cc.;
ἅπτε, παῖ, λ. Ar. Nu. 18 ;
λύχνους ἅπτειν to have an illumination,
Arr. Epict. 2.17.37 ;
λύχνους ἀποσβέσαι Ar. Pl. 668 ;
λ. ἀπεσβήκει had been put out,
Pl. Smp. 218b ;
περὶ λύχνων ἁφάς about
lamp-lighting time, i. e. towards nightfall,
Hdt. 7.215 ,
D.S. 19.31 ;
πάννυχος λ. παρακαίεται lamps are kept burning all night,
Hdt. 2.130 ;
καύσεις λύχνων Sammelb. 1161.14 (i B. C.);
ἔλαιον ἡμῖν οὐκ ἔνεστ’ ἐν τῷ λύχνῳ Ar. Nu. 56 ; cf.
κεράτινος.
2). in pl.,
οἱ λύχνοι or
τὰ λύχνα the lamp-market,
οὑκ τῶν λ. ib.
1065 .
ShortDef
a portable light, a lamp
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λύχνος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, pl. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">λύχνοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:180" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:180/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Batr.</span> 180 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1315" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1315/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 1315 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 70 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:152/canonical-url/"> 152 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PPetr.</span> 2p.72 </span> (iii B. C.): freq. also <span class="foreign greek">λύχνα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.62 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:133" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:133/canonical-url/"> 133 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:514" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:514/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 514 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:1:4:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:1:4:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 1.4.11 </a>, etc., prob. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:41:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:41.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 41.1 </a>. (Fr. <span class="itype greek">λυκ</span>-<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sno</span>-, cf. <span class="foreign greek">Λύκη</span>):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">portable light, lamp</span>, <span class="quote greek">χρύσεος λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.34 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λύχνα καίειν, ἀνάπτειν</span>, light <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lamps</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> </span> ll. cc.; <span class="quote greek">ἅπτε, παῖ, λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 18 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λύχνους ἅπτειν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to have an illumination</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:2:17:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:2:17:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epict.</span> 2.17.37 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λύχνους ἀποσβέσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:668" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:668/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 668 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λ. ἀπεσβήκει</span> had been put out, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:218b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:218b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 218b </a>; <span class="foreign greek">περὶ λύχνων ἁφάς</span> about <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lamp-lighting time</span>, i. e. towards nightfall, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:215" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.215/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.215 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:19:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:19.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 19.31 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πάννυχος λ. παρακαίεται</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lamps</span> are kept burning all night, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:130" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.130/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.130 </a>; <span class="quote greek">καύσεις λύχνων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sammelb.</span> 1161.14 </span> (i B. C.); <span class="quote greek">ἔλαιον ἡμῖν οὐκ ἔνεστ’ ἐν τῷ λύχνῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:56/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 56 </a> ; cf. <span class="foreign greek">κεράτινος</span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="foreign greek">οἱ λύχνοι</span> or <span class="foreign greek">τὰ λύχνα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the lamp-market</span>, <span class="foreign greek">οὑκ τῶν λ.</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1065" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1065/canonical-url/"> 1065 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> a fish, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:2:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 17.2.4 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>; cf. Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lucerna</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:9:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:9.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HN</span> 9.82 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}