λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” → He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”
σπᾰδίσσω: = σπαδίζω.
abziehen, τὸ δέρμα σπαδίξας, Her. 5.25.