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φᾶρος

φᾶρος, (a large piece of woven cloth): cloak, mantle, bed spread, shroud

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φάρεά Noun: neuter accusative plural, Noun: neuter nominative plural, Noun: neuter vocative plural of φᾶρος

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φᾶρος, εος, τό, later also φάρος [v. sub fin.]:—
  • a large piece of cloth, web, φάρεʼ ἔνεικε Καλυψὼ . ., ἱστία ποιήσασθαι Od. 5.258, cf. E. Hec. 1082 (lyr.).
    • II commonly, a wide cloak or mantle without sleeves, μαλακὸν δʼ ἔνδυνε χιτῶνα . . περὶ δὲ μέγα βάλλετο φ. (of a man) Il. 2.43; πορφύρεον μέγα φ. ἔχων ἐν χειρί 8.221, cf. Od. 15.61, Xenoph. 3.3, Pherecyd.Syr. 2, Hdt. 9.109, E. El. 1221 (lyr., pl.); also worn by women, Od. 5.230, Hes. Op. 198, A. Ch. 11, etc.; drawn over the head, μέγα φ. ἑλὼν . . κὰκ κεφαλῆς εἴρυσσε Od. 8.84, cf. E. Supp. 286, Ar. Th. 890; used as a shroud or pall, Il. 18.353, 24.580, S. Aj. 916; πύματον φ. my last rag, Pl. Eleg. 12; εἰς ὅ κε φ. ἐκτελέσω . . Λαέρτῃ ἥρωϊ ταφήϊον Od. 2.97, 24.132; also of bed-spread, δεμνίοις . . στρωτὰ βάλλουσαν φάρη S. Tr. 916: ἀναιδείας φ. (expld. by Hsch. from Il. 2.262), S. Fr. 291.—Ep., Trag. (for Ar. l.c. is paratrag. and Philetaer. 19 is corrupt), and twice in Hdt. (Corinthian acc. to AB 1096). [ᾱ in Hom. and mostly in later Ep.; φᾰρέεσσι Hes. Op. 198 codd., A.R. 3.863. A. has ᾱ always; S. has ᾰ in Tr. 916, Frr. 360, 373, 586, and never certainly ᾱ; E. has both ᾱ, E. El. 191, Hec. l.c., IT 149 (all lyr.), al., and ᾰ, HF 414 (s. v. l.), Andr. 831, Or. 840, Hipp. 133 (all lyr.), Supp. 286, cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.942.]

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