σέλας
σέλ-ας,
αος , τό:
Hom. uses (besides nom.) dat.
A). σέλαϊ Il. 17.739 , contr.
σέλᾳ Od. 21.246 ; gen.
σέλαος Plot. 6.7.33 ,
σέλατος Conon 49.2 : pl.
σέλᾱ Arist. Mu. 395a31 , al.,
Plu. Caes. 63 ,
AP 9.289 (
Bass.); gen.
σελάων Arist. Mu. 395b4 codd.(
σελῶν ap.
Stob.):—
light, brightness, flame,
πυρός Il. 19.366 , al.;
καιομένοιο πυρός, π. αἰθομένοιο, ib.
375 ,
8.563 ;
ἐν σέλαϊ μεγάλῳ, without any word added,
17.739 ;
δαΐδων ς.
Od. 18.354 ,
Hes. Sc. 275 ;
ς. λάβρον Ἡφαίστου Pi. P. 3.39 ;
ἀπὸ .. λάμπε γυίων ς. ὧτε πυρός B. 16.104 ;
Ἥφαιστος .. λαμπρὸν ἐκπέμπων ς., of a beacon fire,
A. Ag. 281 , cf.
289 ;
Ἡφαιστότευκτον, of a volcano,
S. Ph. 986 ;
καμίνου A. Fr. 281 ;
ἐφέστιον ς.
S. Tr. 607 ; of the heavenly bodies,
ς. γένετ’ ἠΰτε μήνης Il. 19.374 ;
ἁλίου ς.
A. Eu. 926 (lyr.),
S. El. 17 ,
Ar. Av. 1711 ; of day
light,
καθαρὸν ἁμέρας ς.
Pi. Fr. 142.4 , cf.
S. Aj. 856 ;
πρὶν θεοῦ δῦναι ς.
E. Supp. 469 ;
τὸ ς. καὶ τὸ φῶς ταὐτόν Pl. Cra. 409b ;
lightning, flash of lightning,
δαιόμενον ς.
Il. 8.76 , cf.
Democr. 152 ;
Διὸς ς.
S. OC 95 ;
ς. ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ Hdt. 3.28 ;
meteor,
Arist. Mu. 395a31 ;
torchlight, h.Cer. 52 ,
A.R. 4.808 , cf.
AP 9.46 , etc.,
the flash of an angry eye,
ἐξ ὀμμάτων ἤστραπτε γοργωπὸν ς.
A. Pr. 358 , cf.
E. Cyc. 663 (so in
Hom.,
ὄσσε λαμπέσθην ὡς εἴ τε πυρὸς ς.
Il. 19.366 ;
ὄσσε δεινὸν ὑπὸ βλεφάρων ὡς εἰ ς. ἐξεφάανθεν ib.
17 ): metaph. of love,
Theoc. 2.134 , cf.
AP 12.93 (
Rhian.).
ShortDef
a bright flame, blaze, light
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Headword (normalized):
σέλας
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σελας
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σέλ-ας</span>, <span class="itype greek">αος</span> <span class="foreign greek">, τό</span>: <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> uses (besides nom.) dat. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">σέλαϊ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:739" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.739/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.739 </a> , contr. <span class="quote greek">σέλᾳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:246" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.246/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 21.246 </a> ; gen. <span class="quote greek">σέλαος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:7:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:7:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 6.7.33 </a> , <span class="quote greek">σέλατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1285.tlg001:49:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1285.tlg001:49.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Conon</span> 49.2 </a> : pl. <span class="quote greek">σέλᾱ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:395a:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:395a.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 395a31 </a> , al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg048:63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Caes.</span> 63 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.289 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Bass.</span></span>); gen. <span class="quote greek">σελάων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:395b:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:395b.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 395b4 </a> codd.(<span class="foreign greek">σελῶν</span> ap.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stob.</span></span>):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">light, brightness, flame</span>, <span class="quote greek">πυρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:366" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.366/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 19.366 </a> , al.; <span class="foreign greek">καιομένοιο πυρός, π. αἰθομένοιο</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:375" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:375/canonical-url/"> 375 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:563" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.563/canonical-url/"> 8.563 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν σέλαϊ μεγάλῳ</span>, without any word added, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:739" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.739/canonical-url/"> 17.739 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δαΐδων ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:354" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.354/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.354 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:275" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:275/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 275 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. λάβρον Ἡφαίστου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 3.39 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀπὸ .. λάμπε γυίων ς. ὧτε πυρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:16:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002:16.104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 16.104 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Ἥφαιστος .. λαμπρὸν ἐκπέμπων ς</span>., of a beacon fire, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:281" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:281/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 281 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:289" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:289/canonical-url/"> 289 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Ἡφαιστότευκτον</span>, of a volcano, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:986" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:986/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 986 </a>; <span class="quote greek">καμίνου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:281" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:281/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 281 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐφέστιον ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:607" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:607/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 607 </a>; of the heavenly bodies, <span class="quote greek">ς. γένετ’ ἠΰτε μήνης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:374" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.374/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 19.374 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἁλίου ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:926" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:926/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 926 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 17 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1711" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1711/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1711 </a>; of day<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">light</span>, <span class="foreign greek">καθαρὸν ἁμέρας ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:142:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:142.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 142.4 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:856" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:856/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 856 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πρὶν θεοῦ δῦναι ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:469" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:469/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 469 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὸ ς. καὶ τὸ φῶς ταὐτόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:409b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:409b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 409b </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lightning, flash of lightning</span>, <span class="foreign greek">δαιόμενον ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.76 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:152/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 152 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Διὸς ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:95" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:95/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 95 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.28 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">meteor</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:395a:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:395a.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 395a31 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">torchlight,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">h.Cer.</span> 52 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:808" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.808/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 4.808 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.46 </span>, etc., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the flash</span> of an angry eye, <span class="foreign greek">ἐξ ὀμμάτων ἤστραπτε γοργωπὸν ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:358" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:358/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 358 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:663" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:663/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 663 </a> (so in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὄσσε λαμπέσθην ὡς εἴ τε πυρὸς ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:366" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.366/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 19.366 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὄσσε δεινὸν ὑπὸ βλεφάρων ὡς εἰ ς. ἐξεφάανθεν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17/canonical-url/"> 17 </a>): metaph. of love, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.134/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 2.134 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 12.93 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Rhian.</span></span>).</div> </div><br><br>'}