φώς
phos
man
Appears 46 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
φώς, gen. φωτός, ὁ: dual φῶτε, φωτοῖν: pl. φῶτες, φωτῶν, φωσί: poet. Noun (Com., only paratrag., as Pax 528, or pseudo-orac., 126.3 (hex.); also in late Prose, PRyl. 77.34 (ii A. D.)):—A. man, sts. coupled with ἀνήρ, δύο δʼ οὔπω φῶτε πεπύσθην, ἀνέρε κυδαλίμω . . Il. 17.377; ἀλλότριος φ. 5.214, cf. 11.462, 614, al.; in gen., equivalent to a possessive pronoun, his, χρόα φωτός 4.139, al.; in Trag. either of heroes, as Th. 499, Ant. 107 (lyr.), or of men generally, Pers. 242 (troch.); φῶτʼ ἄδικον Ag. 398 (lyr.); φ. ἀνόσιος, ἀμαυρός, OC 281,1018; ὦ σκῆπτρα φωτός, i.e. ἐμοῦ, ib.1109; joined with other Nouns, φῶτʼ Ἀσκληπιοῦ υἱόν Il. 4.194, cf. 21.546, Od. 21.26; φωτί . . δέκτῃ 4.247; φῶτες Αἰγεΐδαι P. 5.75; κλωπὸς φωτός Rh. 709. II. man, opp. woman, Od. 6.129, Ant. 910, Tr. 177, etc.; but δύʼ οἰκτρὼ φῶτε, of a man and his wife, Hel. 1094; so of lovers, AP 5.248.5 (). III. mortal, opp. a god, πρὸς δαίμονα φωτὶ μάχεσθαι Il. 17.98; φωτῶν ἀλαὸν γένος Pr. 549 (lyr.); φῶτα βρότειον Ba. 542 (lyr.).
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