φωσ·φόρος, ος, ον, qui apporte ou qui donne la lumière, PLAT. Tim. 45 b ; EUR. Cycl. 611 ; en parl. de torches, AR. fr. 494 ; en parl. de divinités, d’Hékatè, EUR. Hel. 569 ; AR. Th. 858, fr. 535 ; d’Artémis, EUR. I.T. 21 ; de Phœbè, AR. Lys. 443, etc. ; ὁ φωσφόρος ἀστήρ, PLUT. M. 921 d ; ou subst. ὁ φωσφόρος, T. LOCR. 96 e, 97 a ; PHIL. 1, 504, etc. l’étoile du matin, càd. la planète Vénus, qui apporte ou annonce la lumière du jour.

Étym. φῶς, φέρω.

ον, poet. φαοσφόρος Lyr.Adesp. in PLit. Lond. 51.5, φαεσφόρος Call. Dian. 204, etc. : — bringing or giving light, Ἕως E. Ion 1157; φ. ἀστήρ, of Dionysus at the mysteries, Ar. Ra. 342 (lyr.); φ. πεῦκαι Id. Fr. 599; αἴγλη, Ἦμαρ, Orph. A. 1246, Εὐχή 24.
b. Subst., ὁ φ. (sc. ἀστήρ), the light-bringer, i.e.
the morning-star, a name specially given to the planet Venus, Ti.Locr. 96e, 97a, Arist. Mu. 392a27, 399a8, Cic. ND 2.20.53, Ph. 1.504, cf. AleX.Eph. ap. Theo Sm. p. 138H.
2. of the eye, φ. ὄμματα Pl. Ti. 45b; φ. κόραι, of the Cyclops, E. Cyc. 611 (lyr.).
b. name of an eye-salve, Gal. 12.747.
II.
torch-bearing, epith. of certain deities, esp. of Hecate, E. Hel. 569, Ar. Th. 858, Fr. 594a; φ. θεά (sc. Ἄρτεμις) E. IT 21, cf. Call. l.c. ; νὴ τὴν Φωσφόρον Ar. Lys. 443, Antiph. 58.6; of Hephaestus, Orph. H. 66.3; pl., ἱερεὺς Φωσφόρων Hesperia 4.49 (Athens, ii AD).
III. φωσφόρος, ἡ, torch-bearer, title of a priestess, Κλεοπάτρας θεᾶς PRein. 10.8, etc. (ii BC).

Licht tragend od. bringend, fackeltragend ; θεά Eur. I.T. 21 ; Ἑκάτη Hel. 575, wie Ar. Th. 858 ; Artemis Lys. 443. – Als subst. ὁ φωσφόρος, auch mit ἀστήρ, der Morgenstern, der das Tageslicht bringt, lucifer, Ar. Ran. 345, Tim.Locr. 96e ; Ἕως Eur. Ion 1157.

φωσ-φόρος, -ον
(< φῶς, φέρω),
light-bringing; as subst., ὁ φ., the morning star (Plat., al.; cf. ἐωσφόρος, Isa.14:12, Job.3:9, Psa.110:3): metaph., 2Pe.1:19 (see Mayor, in l).†
(AS)