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Strong's #887 - ἀχλύς
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ἀχλύς, ύος, ἡ,
(acc. ἀχλύα Orph. A. 341)
1. mist, Od. 20.357; elsewh. in Hom. of a mist over the eyes, as of one dying, κατὰ δ' ὀφθαλμῶν κέχυτ' ἀ. Il. 5.696; as result of ulceration, ἀχλύες Hp. Prorrh. 2.20, cf. Thphr. HP 7.6.2, Dsc. 2.78 (pl.), Aët. 7.27; or in emotion, Ἔρως πολλὴν κατ' ἀχλὺν ὀμμάτων ἔχευεν Archil. 103; of drunkenness, πρὸς ὄμμ' ἀ. ἀμβλωπὸς ἐφίζει Critias 6.11 D.; of one whom a god deprives of the power of seeing and knowing others, κατ' ὀφθαλμῶν χέεν ἀχλύν Il. 20.321; ἀπ' ὀφθαλμῶν σκέδασ' ἀχλύν ib. 341, cf. 5.127, 15.668: — personified as Sorrow, πὰρ δ' Ἀχλὺς εἱστήκει ἐπισμυγερή τε καὶ αἰνή, χλωρή, ἀϋσταλέη Hes. Sc. 264.
2. metaph., δνοφεράν τιν' ἀχλὺν.. αὐδᾶται A. Eu. 379 (lyr.), cf. Pers. 668 (lyr.); ἀχλὺν ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀφελεῖν D.C. 38.19; διάνοια ἀχλύος γέμουσα Plu. 2.42c.
3. ἀ. ὑγρή liquid emitted by cuttlefish, Opp. H. 3.158. — Mostly poet., but used by Hp. (v. supr.) and Arist. Mete. 367b17, 373b12 (pl.): also in later Prose, Plb. 34.11.15, Str. 6.2.8, and v. supr. 2. [ ῡ in nom. and acc. sg., Hom., Hes.: ῠ in later poets.]
ἀχλύς, ἀχλυος, ἡ, a mist, dimness (Latincaligo), especially over the eyes (a poetic word, often in Homer; then in Hesiod, Aeschylus; in prose writings from (Aristotle, meteor. 2, 8, p. 367{b}, 17 etc. and) Polybius 34, 11, 15 on; (of a cataract, Dioscor. Cf. Trench, § c.)): Acts 13:11. (Josephus, Antiquities 9, 4, 3 τάς τῶν πολεμίων ὄψεις ἀμαυρωσαι τόν Θεόν παρεκάλει ἀχλυν αὐταῖς ἐπιβαλοντα. Metaphorically, of the mind, Clement of Rome, 2 Cor. 1, 6 [ET] ἀχλυος γέμειν.)
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** ἀχλύς , -ύος , ἡ ,
[in Aq.: Ezekiel 12:7; Sm.: Job 3:5*;]
a mist, esp. a dimness of the eyes: Acts 13:11 (v. Tr., Syn., § c).†
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