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φάσμα

φάσμα, an apparition, phantom

φάσμα, ατος, τό: (φαίνω):—
  • apparition, phantom, Hdt. 6.69, 117, A. Ag. 415 (lyr.), etc.; φ. ἀνθρώπου spectral appearance of a man, Hdt. 4.15; φ. γυναικός Id. 8.84, cf. Pl. Smp. 179d; φ. νερτέρων E. Alc. 1127; vision in a dream, ὀνείρων φάσματα A. Ag. 274, cf. S. El. 644, etc.; φ. νυκτός ib. 501 (lyr.); νύχια φ. E. IT 1263 (lyr.).
      • 2 appearance, phenomenon, Pl. Tht. 155a; ἀνατολῆς φ. καὶ δύσεως Epicur. Nat. 11.8 (pl.), al.: so, of strange phenomena in the heavens, Arist. Mete. 338b23, 342a35; of images apprehended by sense, Diog.Oen. Fr. 7.
      • 3 of shows or mysteries, as images or types of realities, εὐδαίμονα φ. μυούμενοι Pl. Phdr. 250c.
      • 4 sign from heaven, portent, omen, Hdt. 3.10, 4.79, 7.37, 38, 8.37, S. El. 1466, Pl. Plt. 268e, etc.; φ. Κρονίδα Pi. O. 8.43, cf. A. Ag. 145 (pl., lyr.); Παλλάδα . . εὔσημον φ. ναυβάταις Eur. IA 252 (lyr.).
      • 5 monster, prodigy, periphr., φάσμα ταύρου, ὕδρας, a monster of a bull, of a hydra, S. Tr. 509 (lyr.), 837 codd. (lyr.); of the Sphinx, Epigr.Gr. 1016.3.

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