spark
From LSJ
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
rubbing flint against flint I produced with pain a dim spark: V. ἀλλ' ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφην' ἄφαντον φῶς (Sophocles, Philoctetes 296).
tinder wood for striking a spark: P. and V. τὰ πυρεῖα (Plato, Republic 435A; Sophocles, Philoctetes 36).
Met., a spark of: use P. and V. τι (enclitic), with gen.
a gay spark: P. and V. νεανίας, ὁ.
