λύχνος, ὁ,
plural λύχνοι [[ Batrachomyomachia 180, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1315, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 70, 152, “PPetr.” 2p.72 (3rd c.BC): frequently also λύχνα, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.62, 133, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 514 (Lyric poetry), 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hecale” 1.4.11, etc., probably in 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 41.1 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]. (fragment λυκ-sno-, compare Λύκη):—portable light, lamp, χρύσεος λ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.34 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λύχνα καίειν, ἀνάπτειν, light lamps, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus [same places]; ἅπτε, παῖ, λ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λύχνους ἅπτειν to have an illumination, [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.17.37; λύχνους ἀποσβέσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 668 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἀπεσβήκει had been put out, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ λύχνων ἁφάς about lamp-lighting time, i. e. towards nightfall, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.215, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάννυχος λ. παρακαίεται lamps are kept burning all night, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.130; καύσεις λύχνων “Sammelb.” 1161.14 (1st c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔλαιον ἡμῖν οὐκ ἔνεστ᾽ ἐν τῷ λύχνῳ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 56 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare κεράτινος.
__2 in plural, οἱ λύχνοι or τὰ λύχνα the lamp-market, οὑκ τῶν λ. [[[prev. work] 1065. ] Refs]
__II a fish, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.2.4, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; cf. Latin lucerna, [[ 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 9.82. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]