A.burning charcoal, hot embers, “ἀνθρακιὴν στορέσαι” Il.9.213; “ὑποθεῖναι” Hp.Nat.Mul.61; ἀνθρακιᾶς ἄπο a broil hot from the embers, E.Cyc.358, cf. AP6.105 (Apollonid.); “ἐπ᾽ ἀνθρακιᾶς ὀπτῆσαι” Cratin. 143; σου τῆς ἀνθρακιᾶς ἀπολαύει warms himself at your fire, Ar.Eq. 780: metaph. of lovers, τιθέναι τινὰ ὑπὸ ἀνθρακιῆ or “ἀνθρακιήν” AP12.17,166 (Asclep.); Κύπριδος ἀ. ib.5.210 (Posidipp.).
2. black sooty ashes, ib.11.66 (Antiphil.).