διαλάμπω

dialampo

shine through

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 11 503a15–503b28

503b20
Book IV 1
Chapter 9 535a27–536b23

536a17
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 10 1100a10–1101a21

1100b30

Dictionary (LSJ)

διαλάμπω, A. shine through, Arist. HA 503b20, 536a17, Plu. 2.390b; φῶς ἀληθείᾳ -λάμπον Porph. Marc. 13: metaph., δ. τὸ καλόν (sc. ἐν ταῖς ἀτυχίαις) Arist. EN 1100b30; ὥσπερ ἀστραπὴ -λάμψασα τῆς ψυχῆς Plu. 2.382d. 2. dawn, διέλαμψεν ἡμέρα Ar. Pl. 744: abs., διαλάμποντος (sc. τοῦ ἡλίου) Plu. Pyrrh. 32. 3. metaph., shine or be conspicuous in a composition, δ. ἰδέαι Isoc. 12.2; of men, to be conspicuous, πίνακες τῶν ἐν πάσῃ παιδείᾳ διαλαμψάντων, title of work by Callimachus, Suid. II. of a singer, to be conspicuous above a chorus, Arist. Pr. 922a36. III. Act., cause to shine forth, τὸ ἀνείδεον ἐν εἴδεσι Iamb. Myst. 1.5, cf. Plu. 2.393e.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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