φαεινός
phaeinos
shining, radiant
Appears 83 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
φαεινός, ή, όν (so always in Ep.), Aeol., Trag. (even in dialogue, Ph. 84, al.) and Lyr. φᾰεννός, Att. φᾱνός (q.v.):—poet. Adj., A. shining, radiant, πῦρ Il. 5.215; σελήνη 8.555; Ἠώς Od. 4.188; ὄσσε Il. 13.3; χαλκός 12.151; κασσίτερος 23.561; ὀρείχαλκος, χρυσός, Sc. 122,142; κρητήρ Il. 3.247, al.; δόρυ 4.496; ἀσπίς, σάκος, 3.357, 8.272; πήληξ 13.805; θώρηξ φαεινότερος πυρὸς αὐγῆς 18.610; ὅπλα Andr. 1146; μάστιξ Il. 10.500; θύραι Od. 6.19; of bright colours, ζωστὴρ φοίνικι φαεινός Il. 6.219, cf. 15.538; φ. πέπλος, τάπης, 5.315, 10.156; φ. πλόκαμοι bright, glossy, 14.176; εἶδος, of the stars, 3.2; ἄστρον O. 1.6, cf. Cyc. 353, al.; ἔρεβος ὦ φαεννότατον ὡς ἐμοί darkness bright as the day to me, Aj. 395 (lyr.); of the Dawn, AP 5.227 (Paul. Sil.). 2. of the voice, clear, distinct, far-sounding, P. 4.283. 3. splendid, brilliant, ἀρεταί, θυσίαι, N. 7.51, I. 5(4).30; κρηπὶς ἐλευθερίας Fr. 77.—Very rare in Prose, ἐν τοῖς φαεινοῖς χρόνοις, of clear nights, 25.2; Φάεννος is pr. n. at Rhodes, Chron.Lind. 34.
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