Scaife ATLAS

φάος .φάος, εος, τό, Epic nom. and acc. pl. φάεα [ᾱ metri grat.] light, daylight, Hom., etc.:—in Poets, of life, ζώειν καὶ ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο Hom.; λείπειν φάος ἠελίοιο Hes.; πέμπειν τινὰ ἐς φῶς Aesch.; πρὸς φῶς ἀνελθεῖν Soph. 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, Plat. the light of a torch, lamp, fire, a light, Od., Aesch. the light of the eyes, Pind.; pl. φάεα the eyes, Lat. lumina, Od. light, as a metaph. for deliverance, happiness, victory, Il.: also in addressing persons, γλυκερὸν φάος dear light of my life, Od.; ὦ φίλτατον φῶς Soph.

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