λαμπρός
Alt. λαμπρός, ή, όν
Etym. λάμπω
I. "bright, brilliant, radiant", of the sun and stars, the eyes, etc., Il., attic
2. of white objects, "bright", Od., Hdt.
3. of water, "bright, limpid", Aesch., etc.; of the air, Eur.
4. of the voice, "clear, sonorous, distinct", Lat. clarus, Dem.; so, λαμπρὰ κηρύσσειν Eur.
5. metaph. of vigorous action, λ. ἄνεμος "a fresh keen" wind, Hdt.; λ. καὶ μέγας καθιείς swooping down like "a fresh" and mighty breeze, Ar.; λαμπρὸς φανήσεται he will come "vigorously" forth, Eur.:—so adv., λαμπρῶς "vigorously", Thuc.
6. metaph. also, "clear, manifest, decisive", Aesch., Thuc.: —so adv., λαμπρῶς κοὐδὲν αἰνικτηρίως Aesch.; λελυμένων λ. τῶν σπονδῶν Thuc.; λαμπρῶς ἐλέγετο it was said "without concealment", id=Thuc.
II. of persons, "well-known, illustrious", Hdt., Dem.: also "magnificent, munificent", Lat. splendidus, clarus, Dem., etc.
2. "bright, joyous", Soph.
III. of outward appearance, "splendid, brilliant", Xen.; of youthful bloom, Thuc.: —so of dress, etc., Ar., etc.:—adv., λαμπρότατα "most splendidly", Xen.