spark
From LSJ
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
rubbing flint against flint I produced with pain a dim spark: V. ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς (Soph., Philoctetes 296).
tinder wood for striking a spark: P. and V. τὰ πυρεῖα (Plato, Republic 435A; Soph., Philoctetes 36).
Met., a spark of: use P. and V. τι (enclitic), with gen.
a gay spark: P. and V. νεανίας, ὁ.
