Φαεσφόρους
illumination-bringing
Translated by Catharine Roth7 Nov 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning them] light-bringing, providing light, enlightening by knowledge.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φαεσφόρους· φωτοφόρους, φωτὸς παρεκτικάς, γνώσει φωτιζούσας.
Betacode
*faesfo/rous: fwtofo/rous, fwto\s parektika/s, gnw/sei fwtizou/sas.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius phi8 Theodoridis. The headword is a poetic compound adjective, here in the accusative plural; it must be quoted from somewhere (and a context where, to judge by the second and third glosses, it modified a feminine noun).
LSJ entry at web address 1 forfw/sforos orfwsfo/ros and variants.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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