σποδιά
From LSJ
ὄρνιθι γὰρ καὶ τὴν τότ᾽ αἰσίῳ τύχην παρέσχες ἡμῖν → for it was by a good omen that you provided that past fortune to us
English (LSJ)
Ion. σποδ-ιή, ἡ,
A heap of ashes, ashes, Od.5.488, E.Cyc.615(lyr.), Pl.Com.173.9, LXX Le.4.12; σ. οἰναρέη ashes of vine-twigs, Hp.Mul. 2.195; σποδιῇ κεχριμένος prob. in Call.Dian.69; freq. in Epitaphs, AP7.279,435 (Nicand.); διψὰς σ. ib.9.549 (Antiphil.); scoria, dross of metals, Dsc.5.126.
German (Pape)
[Seite 923] ἡ, ion. σποδιή, der Aschenhaufen, die Asche; δαλὸν σποδιῇ ἐνέκρυψε μελαίνῃ, Od. 5, 488; vgl. Eur. Cycl. 610; oft in der Anth.: διψάς, Antiphil. 39 IX, 5491; πῦρ ὑπὸ τῇ σποδιῇ κεκρυμμένον, Callim. (XII, 139), wie oft übtr., μέλαινα, Ep. ad. 482 (VII, 10), ψυχρή, 670 (VII, 279), u. sonst.
