αὐγή the light of the sun, sunlight, and in pl. his rays or beams, Hom.; ὑπʼ αὐγὰς ἠελίοιο, i.e. still alive, Od.; so, αὐγὰς ἐσιδεῖν, λεύσσειν, βλέπειν Theogn., Aesch., Eur.; but, ὑπʼ αὐγὰς λεύσσειν or ἰδεῖν τι to hold up to the light and look at, Eur.; κλύζειν πρὸς αὐγάς to rise surging towards the sun, Aesch.:—metaph., βίου δύντος αὐγαί lifeʼs setting sun, " Aesch.:— αὐγή the dawn, day-break, NTest. generally, any bright light, as of fire, Hom.; of lightning, Il.; of the eyes, Soph.; hence αὐγαί, like Lat. lumina, the eyes, Eur. any gleam on the surface of bright objects, sheen, αὐγὴ χαλκείη Il.; αὐγὰ πέπλου Eur.