Do I understand correctly that ὑποφώσκειν is the first hint of light glowing on the horizon, διαφώσκειν is as the glow continues to grow and lights up the sky and ἐπιφώσκειν is when the first rays of light breech the horizon and shine upon the land?
Matthew 28:1 wrote:τῇ ἐπιφωσκούσῃ εἰς μίαν σαββάτων
Ephesians 5:14 wrote:Ἔγειρε ὁ καθεύδων καὶ ἀνάστα ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ἐπιφαύσει σοι ὁ χριστός.
Of the three alternative suffix pronouns, only υποφώσκει seems to have survived into (literary) Modern Greek.Genesis 44:3 wrote:τὸ πρωὶ διέφαυσεν καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἀπεστάλησαν αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ ὄνοι αὐτῶν