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λαμπρός, ά, όν,
feminine -ή in Epic dialect [[(8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.269, 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 3.3), but -ά in 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 19, 371 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:— bright, radiant, of the sun and stars, λ. φάος ἠελίοιο [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.605; ἀστήρ 4.77 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; -ότατος, of Sirius, [[ 22.30 (and of the same, λαμπρὸν παμφαίνῃσι 5.6)] Refs]; λαμπρὰ σελήνη Hes.[same places],[[compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.44; πρὶν ἡμέραν λ. γενέσθαι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the eyes, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1483, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1045, etc., see below 11.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of metallic bodies, λ. φάλοι, κόρυθες, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.132, 17.269 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: neuter as adverb, θώρηκες λαμπρὸν γανόωντες [[ 13.265. ] Refs]
__2 of white cloths and the like, bright, λαμπρὸς δ᾽ ἦν ἠέλιος ὥς [ὁ χιτών] [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.234; δέρμα.. -ότατον λευκότητι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.64 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λ. ἐσθής, = Latin toga candida, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.5.1. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 of water, clear, limpid, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 695, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 5, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.3.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of air, λ. ἠήρ [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 15; αἰθήρ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 829 (_superlative_, Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
Browse lexicon entries__4 of sound or voice, clear, distinct, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 51d, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.199; λαμπρὰ κηρύσσειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 864; φωνὴ -οτέρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 545a12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to φ. ἀσαφής, [[ [prev. author] “Aud.” 801b22; λαμπρὸν ἀνολολύξαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.768d; compare λάμπω 1.2. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__5 metaphorically, of vigorous action, λ. ἄνεμος a keen wind, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1180 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἤδη καὶ μέγας καθιείς swooping down like a fresh and mighty breeze, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 430, compare 760 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαμπρὸς φανήσεται he will come furiously forth, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 280 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. μάχη a keenly contested battle, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.12.5; - ότερος κίνδυνος [prev. author] 1.45.9. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+] adverb -ρῶς, ἐπικείμενοι vigorously, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.71 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; utterly, λ. ἡττῆσθαι, λ. περιεστοιχίσθαι, [[ 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 4.4, 9.1. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__6 metaphorically also, clear, manifest, μαρτύρια [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 797; ταῦτ᾽ ἐπειδὴ λαμπρὰ συμβαίνει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1174; ἴχνη 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.5; γεγενημένης τῆς νίκης λ. ἤδη 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. φυγή decisive, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.11.3 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb - ρῶς, κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 833; λελυμένων λ. τῶν σπονδῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7; λ. νικᾶν 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 2.10.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαμπρῶς ἐλέγετο it was said without concealment, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.67. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of persons, well-known, illustrious by deeds, station, etc., λ. ἐν τῇσι Ἀθήνῃσι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.125; ἐν τοῖσι πολέμοισι ἐὼν -ότατος [prev. author] 7.154 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἐν [τοῖς κινδύνοις] [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.269; - οτάτους γενομένους τῶν καθ᾽ ἑαυτούς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138; ἐξ ἀδόξων γενέσθαι λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.89; λ. ἐς γένος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 37; ἐν λόγοις [prev. author] “Supp.” [902] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as honorary title, -ότατος, = Latin clarissimus, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 14.911, 7.91, etc. ] Refs]; of cities, councils, etc., ἡ λαμπρὰ τῶν Μιλησίων μητρόπολις [[ “SIG” 906 A 4 (4th c.AD), compare 867.4 (_superlative_, Ephesus, 2nd c.AD) ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of actions, etc., ἔργον οὐδὲν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν λ. γίνεται [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.72; τὸν βίον λ. ποιεῖσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1144; τὸ λ. φῶς ἀποσβεννὺς γένους “Tragica Adespota” 9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 magnificent, munificent, λ. ἐν ταῖς λειτουργίαις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.56, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.153 (_superlative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ λ. καὶ πλούσιος οὗτος [[[prev. work] 174. ] Refs] adverb - ρῶς, χορηγεῖν [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.12, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1122b22. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 bright, joyous, λ. ὥσπερ ὄμματι, of the bearer of good news, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 81, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.5.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαμπρὸν ἐξέπεμψα with bright hopes, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1130; λ. ταῖς ἐλπίσιν 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.64b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὄμματι δέρκομαι λαμπρόν, of one clear in conscience, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.66. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III of outward appearance, splendid, brilliant, νυμφίον.. λ. ὄντα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 859 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a horse, [[ “IG” 22.956.87, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 11.1; in dress, [prev. author] “Cyn.” 2.4.5 (_superlative_) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of youthful bloom, ὥρᾳ ἡλικίας λ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.54 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of healthy look, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 24;] Refs 5th c.BC+] of property, dress, etc., εἴ τί γ᾽ ἔστι λ. καὶ καλόν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 144, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 316.5; κατασκευή 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.4 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. κάλλος beaming beauty, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250b, etc.: more generally λ. τι ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ λ. splendour, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.34; λ. γενέσθαι βουλόμεσθα τοὺς γάμους Euangelus Comicus 1.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -ῶς, opposed to λιτῶς, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 30 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]: superlative -ότατα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later -οτάτως [[ “JHS” 44.26 (Ancyra, 2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.2 of language, brilliant, τῶν διθυράμβων τὰ λ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1388 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. λέξις ornamental diction, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1460b4; λόγος 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.9. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV Astrology texts, of degrees in a zodiacal sign, ἑκάστου ζῳδίου λαμπρὰς μοίρας ἐξέθεντο [[ 4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.1, +others ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__V for adverb -ρῶς, see above [[ 1.5 and 6, 11.2, 111.1. ] Refs]