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μαρίλη

μαρίλη, the embers of charcoal

μᾰρῑλ-η, ἡ,
  • embers of charcoal, coal-dust (= ἡ ἐξ ἀνθράκων τέφρα Sch. Ar. Ach. 349; = ἀμαυρὸν πῦρ, ὁ χνοῦς καὶ τὸ λεπτότατον τῶν ἀνθράκων, Suid.), Hippon. 59, Cratin. 257, Com.Adesp. 443; μ. ἀνθράκων Hippon. 71, cf. Ar. Ach. 350: distd. from ἄνθρακες (charcoal) and σποδιή (ashes) by Hp. Mul. 2.133; hot embers, Ruf. ap. Orib. 4.2.20; λεπτῆς μ. Arist. Pr. 967b5; χαλκεὺς γέμων καπνοῦ καὶ μαρίλης Jul. Or. 7.233b: hence, ὦ Μᾰρῑλάδη O son of Coaldust! comic name of an Acharnian collier, Ar. Ach. 609.

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