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|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wood-ashes]], [[embers]], Od.9.375, ''h.Merc.''238: generally, [[ashes]], Hdt.2.140; <b class="b3">ἐπ' Ἰσμηνοῦ τε μαντεία σ.</b>, of the [[ash]]es 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.; <b class="b3">ἀμφὶ σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα</b>, 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.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[dust]], τῆς χαμᾶθεν σποδοῦ Hdt.4.172; [[μετρεῖν τὴν σποδόν]], of [[labour in vain]], Arr.''Epict.''3.26.17.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[oxide]] of certain metals, [[σποδός Κυπρίη]] = [[copper oxide]], Hp.''Mul.''1.104; σποδὸς [[Ἰλλυριῶτις]] Id.''Ulc.''13; σποδὸς [[χρυσῖτις]] Id.''Mul.''1.103, cf. Dsc.5.75.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> metaph., <b class="b3">κυλίκων σποδός, πίθων σποδός</b>, of a [[bibulous]] [[old woman]], '[[soaker]]', '[[sponge]]', ''AP'' 6.291, 7.455 (Leon.).<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[lava]], Str.6.2.3.