καπνός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">smoke</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.317</span>, etc.; κνισάεντι καπνῷ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).66</span>; καπνῷ πυρός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>497</span>; <b class="b2">spray</b>, καπνοῦ καὶ κύματος ἐκτὸς ἔεργε νῆα <span class="bibl">Od. 12.219</span> (hence metaph., <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>1.47</span>): prov., <b class="b3">καπνοῦ σκιά</b>, of things worth nothing, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>399</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>946</span>; τἄλλ' ἐγὼ καπνοῦ σκιᾶς οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1170</span>; also περὶ καπνοῦ στενολεσχεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 320</span>; κ. καὶ φλυαρία <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>581d</span>: and in pl., <b class="b3">γραμμάτων καπνοί</b> learned <b class="b2">trifles</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>954</span>; καπνοὺς… καὶ σκιάς <span class="bibl">Eup.51</span>; nickname of a man, <span class="bibl">Id.122</span>: metaph. also of envy, <b class="b3">ὕδωρ καπνῷ φέρειν</b> to throw water <b class="b2">on the smoking embers</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.24</span>: prov., <b class="b3">ἐς αὐτὸ τὸ πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ καπνοῦ βιαζόμενος</b> 'out of the frying-pan into the fire', <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nec.</span>4</span>,al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">fumitory, Fumaria officinalis</b>, <span class="bibl">Anon.Lond.36.58</span>, Dsc.4.109.</span>