πυραύστης
From LSJ
οὗτος ἐγὼ ταχυτᾶτι· χεῖρες δὲ καὶ ἦτορ ἴσο → this is my speed: my hands and heart are its equal, such am I for speed; my hands and heart are just as good
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, (αὔω (A))
A moth that gets singed in the candle, δέδοικα μῶρον κάρτα πυραύστου μόρον A.Fr.288, cf. Arist.HA605b11, Ael. NA12.8.
German (Pape)
[Seite 820] ὁ, die Lichtmotte; Arist. H. A. 8, 27; Aesch. frg. 298, μῶρος πυραύστου μόρος, woraus Tzetz. zu Lycophr. 83 ein Wort machte, πυραυστουμόρος, der Lichtmottentod.
