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σποδιά

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: σποδιά

Etym.: spodo/s

Sense

  1. a heap of ashes, ashes

Examples

  • καμνούσῃ δὲ ἐμβάλλειν ἢ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ κρέωσ λιπαροῦ, ἢ βοὸσ ἧπαρ ἐν σποδιᾷ θερμῇ φρύξαντα, ἔπειτα τρίψαντα καθάπερ ἄλφιτα ἐπιπάττειν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 8 3:1)
  • βολβοὺσ μὲν σποδιᾷ δαμάσασ καταχύσματι δεύσασ ὡσ πλείστουσ διάτρωγε· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 8 2:2)
  • Κρήθων δ’ ἐν χθονίοισ σποδιά. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 7402)

Synonyms

  1. a heap of ashes

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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