αὐγήν (augen)

αὐγήν is an Ancient Greek form of αὐγή, meaning “ray of light, gleam”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 72 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Phocion 2.3: καὶ γὰρ ὄμμα φλεγμαῖνον ἥδιστα τοῖς σκιεροῖς καὶ ἀλαμπέσιν ἐνδιατρίβει χρώμασι, τὰ δὲ αὐγὴν ἔχοντα καὶ φῶς ἀποστρέφεται, καὶ πόλις ἐν τύχαις ἀβουλήτοις γενομένη ψοφοδεὲς καὶ τρυφερόν ἐστι διʼ ἀσθένειαν …

Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis 4: … ότητι τοῦ ἀέρος, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν χρόαν αὐτὴν ποιεῖν ἔοικεν ἡδίονα καὶ γλαυκοτέραν, ἀναμιγνύουσα τῷ κυάνῳ φῶς καὶ αὑγήν

Plutarch, De Sera Numinis Vindicta 23: … ιχθείσης τῆς ψυχῆς. ἑώρα δὲ τῶν πρότερον οὐδὲν ἀλλʼ ἢ τὰ ἄστρα παμμεγέθη καὶ ἀπέχοντα πλῆθος ἀλλήλων ἄπλετον, αὐγήν τε τῇ· χρόᾳ θαυμαστὴν ἀφιέντα καὶ τόνον ἔχουσαν· ὥστε τὴν ψυχὴν ἐποχουμένην λείως οἷον ὥσπερ ἐν γαλήνῃ τῷ φωτ …

All forms of αὐγή (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.