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Strong's #5322 - φανός
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φᾱνός, ή, όν, (contr. fr. φαεινός) light, bright, Parm. 8.41, Phryn. Com.93; ἅμα φανοτάτῳ τινὶ πυρί Pl. Phlb. 16c; ἵνα ὡς φανότατον ᾖ τὸ ἔσω X. Cyn. 10.7; τὸ φ. brightness, light, ib. 5.18; στρέφειν πρὸς τὸ φ. ἐκ τοῦ σκοτώδους Pl. R. 518c, cf. 478c (Comp.); φανά τε καὶ καλά ib. 506d, cf. Phld. Po. 2.45; φανότατος ἀήρ Gal. 18(2).285; τοῖς φανοτάτοις θεῶν Ἡλίῳ καὶ Σελήνῃ Hld. 10.4.
2. of garments, washed clean, χλαῖνα Ar. Ach. 845 (lyr.); σισύρα Id. Ec. 347.
3. bright, joyous, φαναῖς ἐν εὐφροσύναις A. Pr. 538 (lyr.); φ. βίον διάγειν Pl. Phdr. 256d.
4. conspicuous, ἐλλόγιμος καὶ φ. Id. Smp. 197a.
5. Adv. -νῶς clearly: Comp. φανότερον Jul. Or. 4.145b; Sup. φανότατα, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 44.
II Φᾶνος, ὁ (properisp., cf. Hdn.Gr. 1.175), name of a συκοφάντης, Ar. Eq. 1256.
φανός. φανου, ὁ (φαίνω), a torch (A. V. lantern; Hesychius Ἀττικοι δέ λυχνουκον ἐκάλουν ὁ ἡμεῖς νῦν φανον; cf. Phryn., p. 59 and Lob.'s note; Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 131; Athen. 15, p. 699 d. and following, and Casaubon's notes, chapter 18: see λαμπάς and references): John 18:8. (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others.)
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* φανός , -οῦ , ὁ
(< φαίνω ),
a torch or lantern (v. Rutherford, NPhr., 131 f.): John 18:3.†
SYN.: see λαμπάς G2985.
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