φωσφορέω

φωσφορ-έω,

• bear or bring light, BGU 597.33 (poet., i A. D.); shine, Nech. ap. Vett.Val. 280.2, Ph. 1.511, Man. 1.65; esp. of the moon or planets, draw away more than 15° from the sun, rise, Heph.Astr. 1.20 [1.51]; οἱ φωσφοροῦντες τόποι the positions of such risings in the zodiac, Ptol. Tetr. 89.
• • • 2 trans., bring into the light, τὰ ἔμβρυα Olymp. in Alc. p.12 C.