φέγγος
Alt. φέγγος, ος, εος, τό,
1. "light, splendour, lustre", Hhymn., Pind., Trag.; esp. like φάος, φῶς, "daylight", Trag.; δεκάτῳ φέγγει ἔτους in the tenth year's "light", i. e. in the tenth year, Aesch.:—also "moonlight", Xen.
2. of men, φ. ἰδεῖν to see "the light", come into the world, Pind.; λιπεῖν φ. Eur.
3. "the light" of torches or fire, Aesch.:— "a light, torch", Ar.; pl. φέγγη "watchfires", Plut.
4. "the light" of the eyes, Eur., Theocr.; τυφλὸν φ., i. e. blindness, Eur.
5. "light", as a metaph. for glory, pride, joy, Pind., Aesch., etc.