σπίνος

English (LSJ)

[ῐ], ὁ,= σπίζα, Ar.Av.1079, Pax 1149, Eub.150.5, Thphr. Sign.39;

   A σ. ἠῷα σπίζων Arat.1024; also σπίννος, Gloss.; cf. σπίγγος, σπίνα, σπινθίον.    II a kind of stone, which blazes when water touches it, Arist.Mir.832b29, Thphr.Lap.13.