ἐσχάρα: Difference between revisions

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