spark
From LSJ
Ἐπ' ἀνδρὶ δυστυχοῦντι μὴ πλάσῃς κακόν → Miseri miseriae ne quid affingas mali → Vermehre nicht dem Unglücksraben noch sein Leid
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Ar. σπινθήρ, ὁ.
Rubbing flint against flint I produced with pain a dim spark: V. ἀλλʼ ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφηνʼ ἄφαντον φῶς (Soph., Phil. 296).
Tinder wood for striking a spark: P. and V. τὰ πυρεῖα (Plat., Rep. 435A; Soph., Phil. 36).
Met., a spark of: use P. and V. τι (enclitic), with gen.
A gay spark: P. and V. νεανίας, ὁ.
