βλέφαρον
blepharon
eyelids
Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
βλέφαρον, Dor. γλέφᾰρον, τό:—mostly in pl. (as always in ), A. eyelids, βλέφαρʼ ἀμφὶ καὶ ὀφρύας Od. 9.389, al.; of sleep, φίλα βλέφαρʼ ἀμφικαλύψας 5.493; ὕπνος ἀπὸ βλεφάροιϊν (dual) Il. 10.187; ὕπνον ἐπὶ βλεφάροισιν ἔχευεν Od. 20.54, al.; παῦρον ἐπὶ γλεφάροις ὕπνον ἀναλίσκοισα P. 9.24; γλεφάρων ἁδὺ κλάϊστρον ib.1.8; βλέφαρα κέκλῃται Fr. 711; β. συμβαλεῖν, κοιμᾶν ὕπνῳ, Ag. 15, Th. 3; of weeping, δάκρυ χαμαὶ βάλεν ἐκ βλεφάροιϊν Od. 17.490, cf. 23.33; of death, λύειν β. Ant. 1302: in Prose, 81a, Ti. 45d, PPetr. 3p.23 (iii B. C.): rarely in sg., Or. 302; β. τὸ ἄνω καὶ κάτω HA 491b19, cf. PA 657b14. II. in pl., eyes, βλεφάρων κυανεάων Sc. 7 (where the fem. Adj. points to a nom. ἡ βλέφαρος); freq. in Trag., σκοτώσω β. καὶ δεδορκότα Aj. 85, cf. Tr. 107 (lyr.): in sg., of the sun, ἁμέρας β. Ant. 104 (lyr.); of the curtain of darkness at nightfall, νυκτὸς ἀφεγγὲς β. Ph. 543.
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