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σποδός

σποδός, wood-ashes, embers

σποδός, ἡ,
  • wood-ashes, embers, Od. 9.375, h.Merc. 238: generally, ashes, Hdt. 2.140; ἐπʼ Ἰσμηνοῦ τε μαντεία σ., of the ashes of an altar, S. OT 21, cf. Ant. 1007, Hdt. 4.35; σ. ἱερὰ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ βωμοῦ SIG 1171.18 (Lebena); of the dead, A. Ag. 435, 443 (both lyr.), Ch. 687, S. El. 758, etc.; ἀμφὶ σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα, in sign of mourning, E. Supp. 827 (lyr.), cf. 1160; σποδὸς δὲ τἄλλα, Περικλέης, Κόδρος, Κίμων Alex. 25.12:—death by plunging into a room filled with ashes, αὐτήν μιν ῥῖψαι ἐς οἴκημα σποδοῦ πλέον Hdt. 2.100; as a Persian punishment (cf. Val.Max. 9.2.6), εἰς τὴν σποδὸν ἐμβάλλεται Ctes. Fr. 29.48, cf. 51, al., LXX 2 Ma. 13.5 sq. —There seems to be no difference in sense between σποδός and τέφρα: both occur in Trag., the latter alone in Att. Prose.
    • II dust, τῆς χαμᾶθεν σποδοῦ Hdt. 4.172; μετρεῖν τὴν σ., of labour in vain, Arr. Epict. 3.26.17.
    • III oxide of certain metals, σ. Κυπρίη copper oxide, Hp. Mul. 1.104; σ. Ἰλλυριῶτις Id. Ulc. 13; σ. χρυσῖτις Id. Mul. 1.103, cf. Dsc. 5.75.
    • IV metaph., κυλίκων, πίθων σ., of a bibulous old woman, ‘soaker’, ‘sponge’, AP 6.291, 7.455 (Leon.).
    • V lava, Str. 6.2.3.

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