στίλβ-ω,
chiefly present and imperfect: aorist ἔστιλψα [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 2.2, 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.25 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—glitter, gleam, of polished or bright surfaces, χιτῶνας.. ἦκα στίλβοντας ἐλαίῳ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.596; κάλλεΐ τε στίλβων καὶ εἵμασιν 3.392; κάλλεϊ καὶ χάρισι στίλβων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.237 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λαμπραὶ δ᾽ ἀκτῖνες ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ αἰγλῆεν στίλβουσι beam from him, [[ “Hymni Homerici” 31.11; ὀμμάτων στίλβειν ἄτο.. φλόγα 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 17.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ὅπλοις [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1146 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰδὼν στίλβοντα τὰ λάβδα, i.e. the λ upon the Spartan shields, [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 359; σ. νῶτον πτερύγοιν χρυσαῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 697; σ. ἄνθει.. ἐπωμίδας 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 4.3; σ. ἐν χρωμάτων ποικιλίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 110d, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 77; ἱμάτια στίλβοντα NT.Mark.9.3: _absolutely_, of gold, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59b ] NT+5th c.BC+]; of sleek horses, σ. ὥστε κύκνου πτερόν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 618 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of brilliant complexion, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.79, etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of water in motion, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 370a18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the white gleam on the eye, [[ [prev. author] “HA” 561a32, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.610; ὁρᾶν τῷ στίλβοντι 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of fixed stars, opposed to planets (exc. Mercury, see at {στίλβων}), twinkle, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 78a30, “Cael.” 290a18: c._accusative_ _cognate_, σ. ἀστραπάς] Refs 4th c.BC+] flash lightning, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 480: _metaphorically_, σ. ὁμηλικίην ἐρατεινήν 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Argonautica” 1115. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]