ζώπυρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[spark]] or [[hot coal]], used to kindle [[a fire]]: hence metaph., <b class="b3">σμικρὰ ζ. τοῦ τῶν ἀνθρώπων διασεσως μένα γένους</b> (of the survivors of the flood), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>677b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tim.</span>3</span>; so [τὸ βαρὺ καὶ κοῦφον] οἷον ζ. ἄττα κινήσεως <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>308a2</span>; βραχέα τινὰ ζ. τῆς Αυκούργου νομοθεσίας Plu.2.240a; ζ. τι πρὸς σωτηρίαν βίου <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr. 2.4</span>; ζώπυρα τῆς ἰδίας σωτηρίας <span class="bibl">Ph.2.519</span>; <b class="b3">ζ. φιλανθρωπίας</b> [[flashes]] of humanity, Nic.Dam.<span class="title">Fr.</span>127J. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Act., [[pair of bellows]], <span class="bibl">Ephor. 42J.</span></span>

|elnltext=ζώπυρον -ου, τό &#91;[[ζωός]], [[πῦρ]]] smeulend kooltje; m. n. overdr. vonk, kiem:. σμικρὰ ζώπυρα τοῦ τῶν ἀνθρώπων διασεσωμένα γένους geredde sinteltjes van het mensengeslacht Plat. Lg. 677b.