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[[flint for striking a spark]]: use [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πυρεῖα]], τά (which were pieces of wood, not stone) ([[Plato]], ''[[Republic]]'' 435A; [[Sophocles|Soph.]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 36). | |||
[[rubbing flint against flint]], [[I produced with labour a dim spark]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς]] ([[Sophocles|Soph.]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 296). | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
Use stone.
flint for striking a spark: use P. and V. πυρεῖα, τά (which were pieces of wood, not stone) (Plato, Republic 435A; Soph., Philoctetes 36).
rubbing flint against flint, I produced with labour a dim spark: V. ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς (Soph., Philoctetes 296).
