ἐκλάμπω

eklampo

shine

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 1
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484b1
Letters 1
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344b7
Republic 1
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Book IV 1
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435a2
Symposium 1
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175e5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκλάμπω, A. shine or beam forth, Hdt. 6.82, A. Pr. 1083 (anap.); ὅπλα ὥστε κάτοπτρον ἐξέλαμπεν X. Cyr. 7.1.2, etc.; ὀμμάτων ἐ. πόθος APl. 16.182 (Leon.); ὥσπερ ἀστραπήν Hp. Epid. 7.88; πῦρ ἐκ λίθων ἐ. Arist. HA 516b11 : metaph., δίκας δʼ ἐξέλαμψε θεῖον φάος Trag.Adesp. 500; ὥσπερ ἐκ πυρείων ἐ. Pl. R. 435a; ἐξ. ἡ δόξα Plb. 31.23.2 ; of persons, Ph. 1.326, al.; burst forth violently, of a fever, Hp. VM 16 ; of sound, to be clearly heard, [ἐκ τῆς κραυγῆς] ἐξέλαμψε τὸ καλεῖν τὸν βασιλέα Plb. 15.31.1. 2. to be distinguished, διʼ εὐφυΐαν Plu. Cic. 2; τῶν ἄλλων Lib. Or. 62.37. II. c. acc. cogn., flash forth, πυρωπὸν γλῆνος ἐκλάμψαν φλόγα A. Fr. 300.4; σέλας dub.l. in E. Fr. 330, cf. Lyc. 1091 ; πῦρ App. Syr. 56, cf. BiasFr.Lyr.: metaph., νοῦς ἐ. αἰσθήσεις Ph. 1.72 ; ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑνὸς ὁ θεὸς ἑαυτὸν ἐξέλαμψε Iamb. Myst. 8.2. III. Astrol.,=διαυγάζω III, PLond. 1.132.95 (i/ii A.D.).

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