Φέψαλος
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Translation
[*fe/yalos ] and feya/luc : [sc. both mean a] spark, flying up out of the burning timbers.1 Aristophanes [writes]: "but not even an ember is left of a seducer." As if [to say] a hot coal, a spark. But the Milesians are being reproached as seducers.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φέψαλος καὶ Φεψάλυξ· σπινθήρ, ὁ ἀναφερόμενος ἐκ τῶν καιομένων ξύλων. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀλλ' οὐδὲ μοιχοῦ καταλέλειπται φεψάλυξ. οἷον ζωπύρημα, σπινθήρ. διαβάλλονται δὲ ὡς μοιχοὶ οἱ Μιλήσιοι.
Betacode
*fe/yalos kai\ *feya/luc: spinqh/r, o( a)nafero/menos e)k tw=n kaiome/nwn cu/lwn. *)aristofa/nhs: a)ll' ou)de\ moixou= katale/leiptai feya/luc. oi(=on zwpu/rhma, spinqh/r. diaba/llontai de\ w(s moixoi\ oi( *milh/sioi.
Notes (2)
- See also phi 240.
- 1Same or similar material in other lexica (references at Photius phi124 Theodoridis), and cf. scholia on Aristophanes, Acharnians 668 (where
fe/yalos occurs). ↩ - 2Aristophanes, Lysistrata 107 (using
feya/luc ), with scholion. The Milesians are mentioned in the following line; cf. omicron 169. ↩
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