1. a stand or grate for pine and other wood used for lighting rooms , (Odyssey by Homer); ὧ χαῖρε, λ. νυκτός thou that lightest up the night, of the beacon-fire, (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἕσπεροι λαμπτῆρες the evening watch-fires , (Sophocles Tragicus) 2. generally, = λαμπάς 1 (Euripides) (ML)
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lamptēr · a torch · Greek