φαῦσις

εως, ἡ

φάω

A. lighting, illumination, τῆς γῆς LXX Ge. 1.15, cf. Ju. 13.13.
2. Astron. = φάσις, φ. ἐκ τῶν τοῦ ἡλίου αὐγῶν heliacal rising, Theo Sm.p.137 H.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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