ἀνθρακιά̄
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀνθρακιά̄
ἀνθρακιᾶς
Structure:
ἀνθρακι
(Stem)
+
ᾱ
(Ending)
Sense
- a pile of charcoal
- a charcoal fire
Declension
First declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἐμολύνετο δὲ πάντοθεν αἵματι ὁ τροχόσ, καὶ ὁ σωρὸσ τῆσ ἀνθρακιᾶσ τῆσ τῶν ἰχώρων ἐσβέννυτο σταλαγμοῖσ, καὶ περὶ τοὺσ ἄξονασ τοῦ ὀργάνου περιέρρεον αἱ σάρκεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:20)
- ὡσ δ’ οὐχὶ φιλεῖ σ’ οὐδ’ ἔστ’ εὔνουσ, τοῦτ’ αὐτό σε πρῶτα διδάξω, ἀλλ’ ἢ διὰ τοῦτ’ αὔθ’ ὁτιή σου τῆσ ἀνθρακιᾶσ ἀπολαύει. (Aristotle, Agon, Epirrheme10)
- Κρατῖνοσ ἐν Ὀδυσσεῦσιν εἴρηκε τὴν ὀξάλμην διὰ τούτων ἀνθ’ ὧν πάντασ ἑλὼν ὑμᾶσ ἐρίηρασ ἑταίρουσ, φρύξασ, ἑψήσασ, κἀπ’ ἀνθρακιᾶσ ὀπτήσασ, εἰσ ἅλμην τε καὶ ὀξάλμην κᾆτ’ ἐσ σκοροδάλμην χλιερὸν ἐμβάπτων, ὃσ ἂν ὀπτότατόσ μοι ἁπάντων ὑμῶν φαίνηται, κατατρώξομαι, ὦ στρατιῶται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 34 3:4)
- ὧν ἐν τοῖσ Κασταβάλοισ ἐστὶ τὸ τῆσ Περασίασ Ἀρτέμιδοσ ἱερόν, ὅπου φασὶ τὰσ ἱερείασ γυμνοῖσ τοῖσ ποσὶ δι’ ἀνθρακιᾶσ βαδίζειν ἀπαθεῖσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 2 12:8)
- ἀπὸ δὲ τῆσ τούτων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων θηρίων κρεοφαγίασ ζῶσιν, ἐπὰν δὲ μηδὲν θηρεύσωσι, τὰ ξηρὰ δέρματα ἐπ’ ἀνθρακιᾶσ ὀπτῶντεσ ἀρκοῦνται τῇ τοιαύτῃ τροφῇ. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 18:11)
- κατηφεῖ δὲ ὄντι μοι καὶ ὀλίγου δεῖν δεδακρυμένῳ ἐφίσταται κατόπιν ὁ σοφὸσ Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ, ἀνθρακίασ τισ ἰδεῖν καὶ σποδοῦ ἀνάπλεωσ καὶ κατωπτημένοσ· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 13:4)
Synonyms
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a pile of charcoal
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a charcoal fire
