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τέφρ-α , Ep. and Ion. τέφρη , ,
A.ashes, as of the funeral pile, Il. 23.251; “νεκταρέῳ δὲ χιτῶνι μέλαιν᾽ ἀμφίζανε τέφρη18.25; ἀὴρ ἐγκατακλειόμενος ἐν ταῖς θήκαις (coffins) . . διαλύει πάντ᾽ εἰς τ. Thphr. Ign.47; τ. πηγνυμένη νιφετὸν [σημαίνει] Id.Sign.42; κἠπὶ τὴν τέφρην οἰχνεῖ (sc. τὸ πῦρ) Call. in PSI11.1216.35; καταπάσας τέφραν, ἐμπάσαι τῆς τέφρας, Ar.Nu.177, Pl.Ly.210a; δόξαι τινὰ ψάμμον τ. “ἐσθίεινGal.6.782; “ἐκκρίνασα τὴν οἷον τ. τῶν ὑπεροπτηθέντων χυμῶνId.18(2).279; τέφρᾳ τιλθῆναι, prob. lime, Ar.Nu.1083 (τίτανος is a form of τ. acc. to Gal. 12.140); τ. Φρυγία was used for eye-disease, Arist.Mir.834b30 (cf. Pl. l.c.); so “τ. κληματίνηDsc.5.117; τῆς τ. πλυθείσης κονία (cf. “κονία11) “γίνεταιGal.12.222, cf. Thphr.HP5.9.5: prov., “ὅρκους . . εἰς τέφραν γράφεινPhilonid.7; tefre, = nugacitas, Gloss. (With τεφ- [from θεφ-] cf. Skt. dáhati, Lith. degù 'burn', Lat. favilla, Gr. θέπτανος.
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