αὐγή

A. light of the sun, and in pl., rays, beams, πέπτατο δ’ αὐ. ἠελίου Il. 17.371, cf. Od. 6.98, 12.176; ἠελίου ἴδεν αὐγάς, i. e. was born, Il. 16.188; ὑπ’ αὐγὰς ἠελίοιο, i.e. still alive, Od. 11.498,619; Διὸς αὐγάς Il. 13.837; αὐγὰς ἐσιδεῖν see the light, i.e. to be alive, Thgn. 426, cf. E. Alc. 667; λεύσσειν A. Pers. 710; βλέπειν E. Andr. 935; ὑπ’ αὐγὰς λεύσσειν or ἰδεῖν τι hold up to the light and look at, Id. Hec. 1154, Pl. Phdr. 268a, cf. Plb. 10.3.1; ὑπ’ αὐγὰς δεικνύναι τι Ar. Th. 500 (πρὸς and ὑπ’ αὐγήν, in a full and in a side light, Hp. Off. 3); δυθμαὶ αὐγῶν sun-set, Pi. I. 4(3).65; ξύνορθρον αὐγαῖς dawning with the sun, A. Ag. 254 (lyr.); κλύζειν πρὸς αὐγάς rise surging towards the sun, ib.1182; λαμπροτάτη τῶν παρεουσέων αὐγέων brightest light available, Hp. Fract. 3, cf. Arist. PA 658a3, Pr. 912b14, al.: metaph., βίου δύντος αὐγαί 'life's setting sun', A. Ag. 1123 (lyr.); ἤδη γὰρ αὑγὴ τῆς ζόης ἀπήμβλυνται Herod. 10.4.

2. αὐγαὶ ἠελίοιο or αὐγαί alone, the East, D.P. 84,231.

3. dawn, day-break, Act.Ap. 20.11, PLeid.W. 11.35.

4. generally, any bright light, πυρὸς αὐγή Od. 6.305, cf. Il. 2.456; ἀρίζηλοι δέ οἱ αὐγαί, of lightning, 13.244; βροντῆς αὐ. S. Ph. 1199 (lyr.); of a beacon, Il. 18.211, A. Ag. 9; λαμπάδος Cratin. post150; distd. from φλόξ, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.186.

5. of the eyes, ὀμμάτων αὐγαί S. Aj. 70; αὐγαί alone, the eyes, E. Andr. 1180 (lyr.), Rh. 737: metaph., ἀνακλίναντας τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς αὐ. Pl. R. 540a.

6. gleam, sheen, of bright objects, αὐ. χαλκείη Il. 13.341; χρυσὸς αὐγὰς ἔδειξεν Pi. N. 4.83; ἀμβρόσιος αὐ. πέπλου E. Med. 983 (lyr.); ἠλεκτροφαεῖς αὐ. Id. Hipp. 741 (lyr.); αὐ. τῆς κρόκης Men. 561; of gems, Philostr. Im. 2.8.—Mostly poet., but freq. in Arist., chiefly in the sense of sunlight.