σποδός
σποδός,
ἡ,
A). wood-ashes, embers,
Od. 9.375 ,
h.Merc. 238 : generally,
ashes,
Hdt. 2.140 ;
ἐπ’ Ἰσμηνοῦ τε μαντεία ς., of
the ashes of an altar,
S. OT 21 , cf.
Ant. 1007 ,
Hdt. 4.35 ;
ς. ἱερὰ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ βωμοῦ SIG 1171.18 (Lebena); of the dead,
A. Ag. 435 ,
443 (both lyr.),
Ch. 687 ,
S. El. 758 , etc.;
ἀμφὶ σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα, in sign of mourning,
E. Supp. 827 (lyr.), cf.
1160 ;
σποδὸς δὲ τἄλλα, Περικλέης, Κόδρος, Κίμων Alex. 25.12 :—death by plunging into a room filled with ashes,
αὐτήν μιν ῥῖψαι ἐς οἴκημα σποδοῦ πλέον Hdt. 2.100 ; as a Persian punishment (cf. Val.
Max. 9.2.6 ),
εἰς τὴν σποδὸν ἐμβάλλεται Ctes. Fr. 29.48 , cf.
51 , al.,
LXX 2 Ma. 13.5 sq.—There seems to be no difference in sense between
σποδός and
τέφρα: both occur in Trag., the latter alone in Att. Prose.
IV). metaph., κυλίκων, πίθων ς., of a bibulous old woman, 'soaker', 'sponge', AP 6.291 , 7.455 ( Leon.).
ShortDef
wood-ashes, embers
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Headword (normalized):
σποδός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σποδος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σποδός</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wood-ashes, embers</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:375" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.375/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.375 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:238" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:238/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Merc.</span> 238 </a>: generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ashes</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.140 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπ’ Ἰσμηνοῦ τε μαντεία ς</span>., of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the ashes</span> of an altar, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 21 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1007" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1007/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1007 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.35 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. ἱερὰ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ βωμοῦ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1171.18 </span> (Lebena); of the dead, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:435" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:435/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 435 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:443" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:443/canonical-url/"> 443 </a> (both lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:687" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:687/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 687 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:758" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:758/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 758 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἀμφὶ σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα</span>, in sign of mourning, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:827" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:827/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 827 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1160" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1160/canonical-url/"> 1160 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σποδὸς δὲ τἄλλα, Περικλέης, Κόδρος, Κίμων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:25:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:25.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 25.12 </a> :—death by plunging into a room filled with ashes, <span class="quote greek">αὐτήν μιν ῥῖψαι ἐς οἴκημα σποδοῦ πλέον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:100" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.100/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.100 </a> ; as a Persian punishment (cf. Val. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1487.tlg001:9:2:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1487.tlg001:9:2:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Max.</span> 9.2.6 </a>), <span class="quote greek">εἰς τὴν σποδὸν ἐμβάλλεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0845.tlg002:29:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0845.tlg002:29.48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ctes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 29.48 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0845.tlg002:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0845.tlg002:51/canonical-url/"> 51 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg024:13:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg024:13.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ma.</span> 13.5 </a> sq.—There seems to be no difference in sense between <span class="foreign greek">σποδός</span> and <span class="foreign greek">τέφρα</span>: both occur in Trag., the latter alone in Att. Prose. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dust</span>, <span class="quote greek">τῆς χαμᾶθεν σποδοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:172" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.172/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.172 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μετρεῖν τὴν ς</span>., of labour in vain, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:3:26:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:3:26:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epict.</span> 3.26.17 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">oxide</span> of certain metals, <span class="foreign greek">ς. Κυπρίη</span> copper <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">oxide</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:1:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:1.104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mul.</span> 1.104 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ς. Ἰλλυριῶτις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg028.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg028.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ulc.</span> 13 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. χρυσῖτις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:1:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:1.103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mul.</span> 1.103 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 5.75 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">κυλίκων, πίθων ς</span>., of a bibulous old woman, \'soaker\', \'sponge\', <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.291 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 7.455 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leon.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lava</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:2:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:2:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 6.2.3 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}