spark

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

Ar. σπινθήρ, ὁ.

rubbing flint against flint I produced with pain a dim spark: V. ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς (Sophocles, Philoctetes 296).

tinder wood for striking a spark: P. and V. τὰ πυρεῖα (Plato, Republic 435A; Sophocles, Philoctetes 36).

Met., a spark of: use P. and V. τι (enclitic), with gen.

a gay spark: P. and V. νεανίας, ὁ.