ashes
From LSJ
Σιγή ποτ' ἐστὶν αἱρετωτέρα λόγου → Sometimes silence is preferable to words → Est ubi loquelā melius est silentium → Das Schweigen ist dem Reden manchmal vorzuziehn
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. τέφρα, ἡ (Eur., Cyclops 641), V. σποδός, ἡ.
ashes of the dead: V. σποδός, ἡ.
reduce to ashes, v.: Ar. and V. καταιθαλοῦν, καταίθειν, V. καταμαθύνειν, Ar. σποδίζειν; see burn.
be reduced to ashes, v.: V. καπνοῦσθαι, κατανθρακοῦσθαι, ἀνθρακοῦσθαι.
he was redneed to ashcs: V. ἐφεψαλώθη (aor. of φεψαλοῦσθαι) (Aesch., Prometheus Vinctus 362).
