φάος

A. 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 11(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). [α regularly; but Hom. always has α metri gr. in φαεα; and so dat. pl. φαεσι in Call. Dian. 71]:—light, esp. daylight, ἤδη φ. ἦεν ἐπὶ χθόνα Od. 23.371; φ. οἴχεθ’ ὑπὸ ζόφον 3.335; κατέδυ λαμπρὸν φ. ἠελίοιο Il. 1.605; Ἠὼς . . Ζηνὶ φόως ἐρέουσα 2.49; ἀθανάτοισι φόως φέροι Od. 5.2; νὺξ ἀποκρύψει φάος A. Pr. 24; τὸ τοῦ ἡλίου φῶς Pl. R. 515e; πρὸς τὸ φῶς βλέπειν ibid.; οὐράνιον φῶς, αἰθέρος φῶς, S. Ant. 944 (lyr.), E. Ph. 809 (lyr.); ἡμέρας ἁγνὸν φάος Id. Fr. 443; ἡμερήσιον φάος A. Ag. 23; τὸ ἡμερινὸν φῶς Pl. R. 508c; ἐν φάει by daylight, Od. 21.429; ἕως ἂν φῶς γένηται till daybreak, Pl. Prt. 311a; ἅμα φάει at daybreak, Plu. Cam. 34; ἅμα τῷ φωτί Plb. 1.30.10, al.; ἕως ἔτι φῶς ἐστιν while there is still light, Pl. Phd. 89c; ἔτι φάους ὄντος X. Cyr. 4.2.26; κατὰ φάος νύκτας τε E. Ba. 425 (lyr.); κατὰ φῶς, opp. νύκτωρ, X. Cyr. 3.3.25; also, of moonlight and starlight, φαέεσσι σελήνης Hes. l. c., cf. Pi. O. 10(11).75, Bion Fr. 8.5, etc.; ἀστέρος τηλαυγέστερον Pi. P. 3.75; τὰ φῶτα, sc. sun and moon, Ptol. Tetr. 37,38.

b. in Poets, freq. in phrases concerning the life of men, ζώει καὶ ὁρᾷ φ. ἠελίοιο Il. 18.61, cf. Od. 4.540, etc.; λείπειν φ. ἠελίοιο Hes. Op. 155, Thgn. 569; ἐς φάος οὐκ ἀνίεσκε, ἀκίκεσθε, Hes. Th. 157,652; ζῇ τε καὶ βλέπει φάος A. Pers. 299; ὅστις φῶς ὁρᾷ S. OT 375; ὄντα ἐν φάει Id. Ph. 415, etc.; Διὸς ἐν φάει E. Hec. 707 (lyr.); πέμψατ’ ἔνερθεν ψυχὴν ἐς φῶς, ἀναγαγεῖν εἰς φῶς, A. Pers. 630 (anap.), Ar. Av. 699 (anap.); πρὸς φῶς ἀνελθεῖν S. Ph. 625; πρὸς φῶς ἄγειν Pl. Prt. 320d; λείπω φάος Ar. Ach. 1185 (paratrag.); εἰ στερήσομαι τοῦδε τοῦ φωτός Pl. Ax. 365c: but also εἰς φῶς ἰέναι to come into the light, i.e. into public, S. Ph. 1353; εἰς φῶς λέγειν ib.581; τὸ φῶς κόσμον παρέχει light (i. e. publicity) is a guarantee for order, X. Ages. 9.1.

c. simply a day, φῶς ἓν ἡλίου καταρκέσει E. Rh. 447; νόστιμον βλέπειν φάος, = ἦμαρ, A. Pers. 261: pl., κρισίμων φαέων of critical days, AP 11.382.11 (Agath.).

2. the light of a torch, lamp, fire, etc., τίς τοι φάος οἴσει; Od. 19.24, cf. 34,64; φάος πάντεσσι παρέξω 18.317; φῶς δαίων A. Ch. 863 (anap.); ποιεῖν X. HG 6.2.29; πρὸς φῶς πίνειν to drink by the fire, Id. Cyr. 7.5.27; a light, φῶς ἔχων . . ἀφηγεῖτο Id. HG 5.1.8: pl., Plu. Pel. 12, Ant. 26, etc.; τὰ φ. the illuminations, IG 11(2).203 A 33 (Delos, iii B. C.); μέσοις φωσίν at a moderate fire, Ps.-Democr.Alch.p.46 B., cf. Zos.Alch.pp.147,155 B.

3. the light of the eyes, φάος ὀμμάτων, ὄσσων, Pind.N. 10.40, Opp. H. 4.525: pl., φάεα eyes, Od. 16.15, 19.417; τίεσκον ἴσον φαέεσσιν ἐμοῖσι Mosch. 4.9; φάη Gal. l. c.: sg., of the Cyclops' eye, E. Cyc. 633.

4. window, IG 42(1).110.43 (Epid., iv B. C.), Plu. 2.515b; opening in a machine, Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.7.14.

II. light, as a metaph. for deliverance, happiness, victory, glory, etc., καὶ τῷ μὲν φάος ἦλθεν Il. 17.615; φόως δ’ ἑτάροισιν ἔθηκεν 6.6; ἐπὴν φάος ἐν νήεσσι θήῃς 16.95; ἐν χερσὶ φόως 15.741; [πύλαι] πετασθεῖσαι τεῦξαν φάος 21.538; φ. ἀρετᾶν Pi. O. 4.11; δώμασιν φάος μέγα A. Pers. 300, cf. S. Ant. 600 (lyr.), Aj. 709 (lyr.); λαμπρὸν φ. γένους Trag.Adesp. 9; of persons, ἤν πού τι φόως Δαναοῖσι γένωμαι Il. 16.39, cf. 8.282, etc.; esp. in addressing persons, ἦλθες, Τηλέμαχε, γλυκερὸν φάος Od. 16.23; ὦ φάος Ἑλλήνων Anacr. 124; Ἀκραγαντίνων φάος Pi. I. 2.17; ὦ φίλτατον φῶς S. El. 1224, 1354; ὦ μέγιστον Ἕλλησιν φάος E. Hec. 841; in late Prose, Anon. ap. Suid. s.v. ὦ φῶς: pl., AP 7.373 (Thall.).

b. of God, ὁ θεὸς φ. ἐστί 1 Ep.Jo. 1.5; φ. καὶ ζωή ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατήρ Corp.Herm. 1.21; of Christ, φ. εἰς ἀποκάλυψιν ἐθνῶν Ev.Luc. 2.32, etc.

2. with reference to illumination of the mind, τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ φῶς E. IT 1026; φ. ἐν τῷ φιλοσοφεῖν Plu. 2.77d, cf. 47c; τὸ φ. τὸ ἐν σοί Ev.Matt. 6.23; τὸ φ. τῆς ζωῆς Ev.Jo. 8.12; ἐν τῷ φ. εἶναι 1 Ep.Jo. 2.9; τέκνα φωτός, ὅπλα τοῦ φ., Ep.Eph. 5.8, Ep.Rom. 13.12.

III. the dark ring round the nipple, Poll. 2.163.