I think that some of those I meet will blame
For being drunk so early in the day;
But yet I pray you where's a lantern (φανὸς) equal
To the sweet light of the eternal sun?
And Anaxandrides, in his Insolence, says—
Will you take your lantern (φανόν) now, and quickly
Light me a candle (λύχνον)?
But others assert that it is a lamp which is properly called φανὸς. And others assert that φανὸς means a bundle of matches made of split wood. Menander says, in his Cousins—
This φανὸς is quite full of water now,
I must not shake (σείω) it, but throw it away