A.thick smoke mixed with flame, murky fire (such as is made by burning resinous substances, Arist.Mete.387b6, al.), “ἱέντα . . διὰ στόμα λιγνὺν μέλαιναν” A.Th.494; στέροψ λ., of the fires seen by night on the two peaks of Parnassus, S.Ant.1127 (lyr.); “λ. σῶμα καταιθαλοῖ” Ar.Av.1241; λ. καὶ καπνός Id. Lys.319; “λιγνὺς πρόσεδρος” S.Tr.794, expld. by Sch. of the smoke of the altar hanging round Heracles: pl., “αἱ φλόγες καὶ αἱ λ.” Plb.34.11.18, cf. Str.6.2.11.
2. soot, λ. ἐστι καπνώδης αἰθάλη Erot.s.v. γλῶσσαλιγνυώδης; used medicinally, Dsc.2.72, Gal.12.61. [υ_ Tryph. 322; but υ^ Call. l.c., and prob. in S.Ant. l.c.]
