λαμπάς, άδος, ἡ,
__A torch, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 433, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.24, etc.; πευκίνη λ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1198 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; beacon-light, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 8, 28, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; λαμπάδας ἅψασθαι light torches, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 655 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαμπάδας τινάσσων, in Bacchic ceremonies, [[ [prev. author] “Ra.” 340 (Lyric poetry); used in festal processions, φαίνετε τούτῳ (i.e. τῷ Αἰσχύλῳ) λαμπάδας ἱεράς [prev. work] 1525 (_anapaest meter_),compare “Th.” 102 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs]
__A.2 faggot, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.93.4 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; any light, lamp, λαμπάδες ἀργυραῖ [[ LXX.Jdt.10.22 ] LXX]; wax-light, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.263f; λ. κηροχίτων “Anthologia Graeca” 6.249 (Antip.)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; later of oillamps, [[NT.Matt.25.3. ] NT]
__A.3 metaphorically, of the sun, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 10.3, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 879 (Lyric poetry), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ 'πιοῦσα λ. the coming light, i.e. the next day, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 352 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of lightning, δαμασθεὶς λαμπάσιν κεραυνίοις [[ [prev. author] “Supp.” 1011, compare “Ba.” 244, 594 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs]; of the Cyclops' eye, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 459. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.4 meteor, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 395b11, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.66, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.25. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]