πυραύστης

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English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, (αὔω (A))

   A moth that gets singed in the candle, δέδοικα μῶρον κάρτα πυραύστου μόρον A.Fr.288, cf. Arist.HA605b11, Ael. NA12.8.

German (Pape)

[Seite 820] ὁ, die Lichtmotte; Arist. H. A. 8, 27; Aesch. frg. 298, μῶρος πυραύστου μόρος, woraus Tzetz. zu Lycophr. 83 ein Wort machte, πυραυστουμόρος, der Lichtmottentod.