ἀνθρακιά
From LSJ
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
English (LSJ)
ᾶς, Ep. ἀνθρᾰκ-ιή, ῆς, ἡ,
A burning charcoal, hot embers, ἀνθρακιὴν στορέσαι Il.9.213; ὑποθεῖναι Hp.Nat.Mul.61; ἀνθρακιᾶς ἄπο a broil hot from the embers, E.Cyc.358, cf. AP6.105 (Apollonid.); ἐπ' ἀνθρακιᾶς ὀπτῆσαι Cratin. 143; σου τῆς ἀνθρακιᾶς ἀπολαύει warms himself at your fire, Ar.Eq. 780: metaph. of lovers, τιθέναι τινὰ ὑπὸ ἀνθρακιῆ or ἀνθρακιήν AP12.17,166 (Asclep.); Κύπριδος ἀ. ib.5.210 (Posidipp.). 2 black sooty ashes, ib.11.66 (Antiphil.).
