δασπλῆτις
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
ἡ (voc.
A -πλῆτα AP5.240 (Paul. Sil.)), horrid, frightful, θεὰ δ. Ἐρινύς Od.15.234; of Hecate, Theoc.2.14:—also δασπλής, ῆτος, ὁ, ἡ, sc. δασπλῆτα Χάρυβδιν Simon.38; δασπλῆτες Εὐμενίδες Euph.94; δασπλῆτε δράκοντε Nic.Th.609; freq. in Nonn., γυναῖκες 46.210; μάχαιρα 22.219, al. :—nom. δασπλῆτα, Call.Fr.534: δασπλήτης An. Ox.1.149: δάσπλη (sic), Hsch.
