φάσμα, ατος, τό:
(φαίνω):— apparition, phantom, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.69, 117, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 415 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; φ. ἀνθρώπου spectral appearance of a man, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.15; φ. γυναικός [prev. author] 8.84, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 179d; φ. νερτέρων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1127 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; vision in a dream, ὀνείρων φάσματα [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 274, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 644, etc.; φ. νυκτός [prev. work] 501 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νύχια φ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1263 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 appearance, phenomenon, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 155a; ἀνατολῆς φ. καὶ δύσεως 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 11.8 (_plural_), +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]: so, of strange phenomena in the heavens, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 338b23, 342a35 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of images apprehended by sense, [[ 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus “fragment” 7. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 of shows or mysteries, as images or types of realities, εὐδαίμονα φ. μυούμενοι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 sign from heaven, portent, omen, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.10, 4.79, 7.37, 38, 8.37, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1466, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 268e, etc.; φ. Κρονίδα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.43, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 145 (_plural_, Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Παλλάδα.. εὔσημον φ. ναυβάταις Eur.[[ “IA” 252 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs]