λύχνος,ὁ, pl.
A.
λύχνοι
Batr. 180
, Ar. Eq. 1315 , Antiph. 70 , 152 , PPetr. 2p.72
(iii B. C.): freq. alsoλύχνα, Hdt. 2.62 , 133 , E. Cyc. 514 (lyr.), Call. Hec. 1.4.11 , etc., prob. in Alc. 41.1 . (Fr.λυκ-sno-, cf.Λύκη):—portable light, lamp, χρύσεος λ.
Od. 19.34
;λύχνα καίειν, ἀνάπτειν, lightlamps, Hdt. ll. cc.; ἅπτε, παῖ, λ.
Ar. Nu. 18
;λύχνους ἅπτειν to have an illumination, Arr. Epict. 2.17.37 ; λύχνους ἀποσβέσαι
Ar. Pl. 668
;λ. ἀπεσβήκειhad been put out, Pl. Smp. 218b ;περὶ λύχνων ἁφάςaboutlamp-lighting time, i. e. towards nightfall, Hdt. 7.215 , D.S. 19.31 ;πάννυχος λ. παρακαίεται lampsare kept burning all night, Hdt. 2.130 ; καύσεις λύχνων
Sammelb. 1161.14
(i B. C.); ἔλαιον ἡμῖν οὐκ ἔνεστ' ἐν τῷ λύχνῳ