φωσφόρ-ος (
paroxytone), ον,
poetry φαοσφόρος Lyric poetry Adesp. in [
Refs],
φαεσφόρος [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—
bringing or
giving light, Ἕως [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. ἀστήρ, of Dionysus at the mysteries, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἴγλη, Ἦμαρ, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
b)
substantive, ὁ φ. (i.e. ἀστήρ),
the light-bringer, i.e.
the morning-star, a name specially given to the planet Venus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) of the eye, φ. ὄμματα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. κόραι, of the Cyclops, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2.b) name of an
eye-salve, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II)
torch-bearing, epithet of certain deities, especially of Hecate, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. θεά (i.e. Ἄρτεμις) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Hephaestus, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III) φωσφόρος, ἡ,
torch-bearer, title of a priestess, Κλεοπάτρας θεᾶς [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]