φώσφορ-ος(parox.),ον, poet.φαοσφόροςLyr.Adesp. in PLit.Lond. 51.5 ,φαεσφόρος
Call. Dian. 204 , etc.:—
A. bringingorgiving light,
Ἕως
E. Ion 1157
;φ. ἀστήρ,of Dionysus at the mysteries, Ar. Ra. 342 (lyr.); φ. πεῦκαι
Id. Fr. 599
;αἴγλη, Ἦμαρ,
Orph. A. 1246 , Εὐχή
24
.
b. Subst.,ὁ φ.(sc.ἀστήρ),the light-bringer,i.e.the morning-star,a name specially given to the planet Venus, Ti.Locr. 96e , 97a , Arist. Mu. 392a27 , 399a8 , Cic. ND 2.20.53 , Ph. 1.504 , cf. Alex.Eph. ap. Theo Sm. p.138H.
2. of the eye, φ. ὄμματα
Pl. Ti. 45b
;φ. κόραι,of the Cyclops, E. Cyc. 611 (lyr.).