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|Definition=Ep. and Ion. τέφρη, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">ashes</b>, as of the funeral pile, <span class="bibl">Il. 23.251</span>; νεκταρέῳ δὲ χιτῶνι μέλαιν' ἀμφίζανε τέφρη <span class="bibl">18.25</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ ἀὴρ ὁ ἐγκατακλειόμενος ἐν ταῖς θήκαις</b> (coffins) . . <b class="b3">διαλύει πάντ' εἰς τ</b>. <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Ign.</span>47</span>; <b class="b3">τ. πηγνυμένη νιφετὸν [σημαίνει</b>] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sign.</span>42</span>; <b class="b3">κἠπὶ τὴν τέφρην οἰχνεῖ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὸ πῦρ</b>) Call. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>11.1216.35</span>; <b class="b3">καταπάσας τέφραν, ἐμπάσαι τῆς τέφρας</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>177</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span>210a</span>; <b class="b3">δόξαι τινὰ ψάμμον ἢ</b> τ. ἐσθίειν Gal.6.782; ἐκκρίνασα τὴν οἷον τ. τῶν ὑπεροπτηθέντων χυμῶν Id.18(2).279; <b class="b3">τέφρᾳ τιλθῆναι</b>, prob. <b class="b2">lime</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1083</span> (<b class="b3">τίτανος</b> is a form of τ. acc. to Gal. 12.140); <b class="b3">ἡ τ. ἡ Φρυγία</b> was used for eye-disease, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>834b30</span> (cf. Pl. l.c.); so τ. κληματίνη Dsc.5.117; <b class="b3">τῆς τ. πλυθείσης ἡ κονία</b> (cf. κονία 11) γίνεται Gal.12.222, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>5.9.5</span>: prov., ὅρκους . . εἰς τέφραν γράφειν <span class="bibl">Philonid.7</span>; <b class="b2">tefre, = nugacitas</b>, Gloss. (With <b class="b3">τεφ-</b> [from <b class="b3">θεφ-</b>] cf. Skt. <b class="b2">dáhati</b>, Lith. <b class="b2">degù</b> 'burn', Lat. <b class="b2">favilla</b>, Gr. <b class="b3">θέπτανος</b>.) </span>