παμφαίνω

pamphaino

shine

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 8
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

56
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6513
Book 11 3
Chapter ?

1130
1163
11100
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

1411
Book 19 1
Chapter ?

19398
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

2226

Dictionary (LSJ)

παμφαίνω, only pres. and impf. (παμφαίνεσκε Eratosth. 17), A. shine or beam brightly, of burnished metal (cf. παμφανόων) , ἧλοι χρύσειοι πάμφαινον Il. 11.30; σάκος χαλκῷ παμφαῖνον 14.11; τεύχεσι παμφαίνων, of Achilles, 19.398; of a star, ὅς τε μάλιστα λαμπρὸν παμφαίνησι or -ῃσι (Ep. for παμφαίνει or -ῃ) 5.6; πρῶτον παμφαίνων Hes. Op. 567; στήθεσι παμφαίνοντες with their breasts white-gleaming, i. e. naked, Il. 11.100; ὕπερθε κέρα πάμφαινεν ἰδέσθαι Epic. in Arch.Pap. 7.3: cited as a recondite word by Phld. Po. 2.40. (Redupl. form of φαίνω.)

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