Ζώπυρα

sparks

Translated by David Whitehead27 May 2005Vetting: high8 revisions

5 words

[Meaning] things which create life.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ζώπυρα· τοῦ ζῆν ποιητικά.

Betacode

*zw/pura: tou= zh=n poihtika/.

Notes

Neuter plural of the adjective zw/puros; again zeta 151, zeta 152, and cf. zeta 157. Same glossing in Photius and in Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. The passage in question is evidently Plato, Laws 677B, where the headword is used figuratively of the human survivors of the flood (web address 1).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from3 entries

Neighbouring entries

ζ148Ζωὸς γενήσῃ κρομμύου μόνον λαβώνyou will become alive after merely partaking of an onion ζ149Ζώωνliving ζ150Ζώπυραsparks ζ151Ζώπυραsparks, spark-producers ζ152Ζώπυραsparks

Revision history8 revisions · last 21 Apr 2016

21 Apr 2016Revised — David Whitehead
21 Apr 2016Revised — David Whitehead
5 Dec 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
30 Nov 2012Revised — David Whitehead
29 May 2005typo — David Whitehead
28 May 2005added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
28 May 2005augmented note — Catharine Roth
27 May 2005cosmetics, link, status — Catharine Roth
27 May 2005Translated — David Whitehead