φέψαλος

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ (also φέψελος,

   A gloss on φεψάλυξ, Hsch.):—spark, piece of the embers, Ar.Ach.668 (lyr.), V.227, Arist.Mete.367a5:— φεψάλυξ [ᾰ], ῠγος, ὁ, Archil.126, Ar.Lys.107, Plb.1.48.6: prov. phrases, ἀσπὶς ἐν τῷ φεψάλῳ κρεμήσεται, i.e. will be hung in the chimney, of things laid by and unused, Ar.Ach.279; οὐδὲ φεψάλυξ not so much as... Id.Lys. l. c.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1267] ὁ, Ar. Ach. 267. 641 Vesp. 227, ion. φέψελος, poet. auch φεψάλυξ, ὁ, Qualm, Dampf, Sprühasche, fliegende Feuerfunken, Schol. Aesch. Prom. 362.