- φωσφόρος
- φωσφόρος, ον (cp. φῶς, φέρω; as adj. ‘bringing/giving light’ Eur. et al.; pap, Philo) in our lit. only once and as subst. ὁ φ. prob. the morning star, the planet Venus (Eur., Ion 1157; Ps.-Pla., Tim. Locr. 96e; 97a; Plut., Mor. 430a; 601a; 889a al.; Cicero, Nat. Deor. 2, 20; Vett. Val. 236, 6; SibOr 5, 516; PRyl 524, 17; Neugebauer-Hoesen, glossary p. 200) fig. 2 Pt 1:19 (v.l. ἑωσφόρος). JBoehmer, ZNW 22, 1923, 228–33; FBoll, Sternglaube u. Sterndeutung 4 ’31, 47f.—FDölger, Ac V/1, ’35, 1ff interprets the ‘light-bearer’ to mean the sun (this mng. of φ. in Nicetas Eugen. 1, 87; 3, 21; 5, 258 Hercher); cp. HWindisch ad loc.—M-M. TW. Spicq.
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