ἐσχάρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. ἐσχάρη [ᾰ], ἡ, Ep. gen. and dat. [[ἐσχαρόφιν]] (<b class="b3">ἀπ' ἐσχ</b>- <span class="bibl">Od.7.169</span>, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἐπ' ἐσχ- <span class="bibl">5.59</span>, <span class="bibl">19.389</span>):—[[hearth]], [[fire-place]], like [[ἑστία]], Hom. (esp. in Od.), ἡ μὲν ἐπ' ἐσχάρῃ ἧστο <span class="bibl">Od.6.52</span>; <b class="b3">ἧσται ἐπ' ἐσχάρῃ ἐν πυρὸς αὐγῇ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">305</span>; of suppliants, ἕζετ' ἐπ' ἐσχάρῃ ἐν κονίῃσι <span class="bibl">7.153</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[pan of coals]], [[brazier]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>888</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>938</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Poll.10.94</span>, <span class="bibl">95</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">Τρώων πυρὸς ἐσχάραι</b> [[watch-fires]] of the camp, <span class="bibl">Il.10.418</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[sacrificial hearth]] (hollowed out in the ground and so dist. from [[βωμός]], structural altar, St.Byz. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[βωμοί]], Phot.; used esp. in heroworship, <span class="bibl">Neanth.7J.</span>), <span class="bibl">Od.14.420</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1016</span> : but freq. used generally, <b class="b2">altar of burnt-offering</b>, πρὸς ἐσχάραν Φοίβου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>205</span>; ἐπ' ἐσχάρᾳ πυρός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>108</span>; <b class="b3">ἡμένας ἐπ' ἐσχάραις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">806</span>; Πυθική <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span> 1240</span>; at Eleusis, <span class="bibl">D.59.116</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lycurg.<span class="title">Fr.</span>37</span>; Ἡρακλειδῶν ἐ. <span class="title">IG</span>2.1658 (iv B.C.); so <b class="b3">βώμιοι ἐσχάραι</b> structured [[altars]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>274</span>; sometimes movable, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.3.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Callix.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>13</span> (iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[fire-stick]] (bored with the [[τρύπανον]], q. v.), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>5.9.7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ign.</span> 64</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[platform]], [[stand]], [[basis]], <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>92.13</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.32.10</span>, Vitr.10.11.9. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[grating]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>27.4</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> Medic., [[scab]], [[eschar]] on a wound caused by burning or otherwise, τὰς ἐκπτώσιας τῶν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.184.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>863a12</span>, Dsc.1.56, Gal.10.315, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> in pl. [[ἐσχάραι]], = [[labia]], [[vaginal lips]], [[τὰ χείλη τῶν γυναικείων αἰδοίων]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 1286</span>.</span>