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σβεστήριος, serving to quench

σβεσ-τήριος, α, ον (ος, ον Ph. 1.350),
  • serving to quench or put out, κωλύματα [πυρὸς] σ. Th. 7.53: as Subst., σβεστήρια τοῦ πυρός D.H. 3.56, cf. Plu. Cam. 34, etc.: metaph., σ. κακοῦ φάρμακον Heraclit. All. 20; σ. ἰάματα (for a fever) Orib. Eup. 3.6.

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