fan
From LSJ
φλαύραν δ' οὐ σπάνις γυναῖκ' ἔχειν → it is not difficult to have a bad wife
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
fan for winnowing: V. λίκνον. τό (Sophocles, Fragment), πτύον, τό (Aesch., Fragment).
fan for raising a flame: Ar. ῥιπίς, ἡ.
verb transitive
raise to a flame: Ar. ῥιπίζειν.
had there been a wind to fan the flame: P. πνεῦμα εἰ ἐπεγένετο ἐπίφορον (Thuc. 2, 77).
Met., stir up: P. and V. ἐγείρειν, κινεῖν, ἐξεγείρειν; see stir.
to such an extent did these men fan the flame of enmity: P. οὕτω μέχρι πόρρω προήγαγον οὗτοι τὴν ἔχθραν (Dem. 282).
cool: P. and V. ψύχειν, ἀναψύχειν, V. καταψύχειν.
