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λύχνος

λύχνος, a portable light, a lamp

λύχνος, ὁ, pl. λύχνοι Batr. 180, Ar. Eq. 1315, Antiph. 70, 152, PPetr. 2 p.72 (iii B. C.): freq. also λύχνα, Hdt. 2.62, 133, E. Cyc. 514 (lyr.), Call. Hec. Fr. 260.65 Pf. [updated ref.], etc., prob. in Alc. 41.1. (Fr. λυκ-sno-, cf. Λύκη):—
  • portable light, lamp, χρύσεος λ. Od. 19.34; λύχνα καίειν, ἀνάπτειν, light lamps, Hdt. ll. cc.; ἅπτε, παῖ, λ. Ar. Nu. 18; λύχνους ἅπτειν to have an illumination, Arr. Epict. 2.17.37; λύχνους ἀποσβέσαι Ar. Pl. 668; λ. ἀπεσβήκει had been put out, Pl. Smp. 218b; περὶ λύχνων ἁφάς about lamp-lighting time, i. e. towards nightfall, Hdt. 7.215, D.S. 19.31; πάννυχος λ. παρακαίεται lamps are kept burning all night, Hdt. 2.130; καύσεις λύχνων Sammelb. 1161.14 (i B. C.); ἔλαιον ἡμῖν οὐκ ἔνεστʼ ἐν τῷ λύχνῳ Ar. Nu. 56; cf. κεράτινος.
      • 2 in pl., οἱ λύχνοι or τὰ λύχνα the lamp-market, οὑκ τῶν λ. ib. 1065.
    • II a fish, Str. 17.2.4, Hsch.; cf. Lat. lucerna, Plin. HN 9.82.

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