σποδός

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Transliteration A: spodós Transliteration B: spodos Transliteration C: spodos Beta Code: spodo/s

English (LSJ)

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.OT21, cf. Ant.1007, Hdt.4.35; σ. ἱερὰ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ βωμοῦ SIG1171.18 (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.    II dust, τῆς χαμᾶθεν σποδοῦ Hdt.4.172; μετρεῖν τὴν σ., of labour in vain, Arr.Epict.3.26.17.    III oxide of certain metals, σ. Κυπρίη copper oxide, Hp.Mul.1.104; σ. Ἰλλυριῶτις Id.Ulc.13; σ. χρυσῖτις Id.Mul.1.103, cf. Dsc.5.75.    IV metaph., κυλίκων, πίθων σ., of a bibulous old woman, 'soaker', 'sponge', AP 6.291, 7.455 (Leon.).    V lava, Str.6.2.3.

German (Pape)

[Seite 923] ἡ (nach Orion von σβέννυμι, eigtl. σβοδός, was nach erloschenem Feuer übrig bleibt?), Asche, bes. heiße, Glutasche, unter der noch Glut verborgen ist, τὸν μοχλὸν ὑπὸ σποδοῦ ἤλασα πολλῆς, Od. 9, 375; H. h. Merc. 238; die Asche des verbrannten Leichnams, Aesch. Ch. 676 u. öfter; Soph. El. 748. 1111; Asche auf dem Opferaltar, O. R. 21 Ant. 994; ἀμφὶ σποδὸν κάρα κεχύμεθα, zum Zeichen der Trauer, Aesch. Suppl. 826. 1159; νῆσον χῶσαι σποδῷ τε καὶ γῇ, Her. 2, 140; – ἐς σποδὸν ἐμβάλλειν war eine Todesstrafe bei den Persern, Ctesias 17. 50. 51; vgl. Her. 2, 100. – Auch Staub, τῆς χαμάθεν σποδοῦ λαβόντες, Her. 4, 172; – σποδὸς κυλίκων, πίθων, Antp. Sid. 59 Leon. Tar. 87 (VI, 291. VII, 455), von einer Alten, die Becher, Fässer ausleert. – Auch = σπόδιον, Metallasche, Sp.