σποδός spodos · G4700

σποδός, ἡ, ; wood-ashes, embers, []: generally, ashes, []; ἐπ᾽ Ἰσμηνοῦ τε μαντεία σ., of the ashes of an altar, []; of the dead, []; ἀμφὶ σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα, in sign of mourning, []:—death by plunging into a room filled with ashes, αὐτήν μιν ῥῖψαι ἐς οἴκημα σποδοῦ πλέον []; as a Persian punishment (cf. Val. []; II dust, τῆς χαμᾶθεν σποδοῦ []; μετρεῖν τὴν σ., of labour in vain, []; III oxide of certain metals, σ. Κυπρίη copper oxide, []; IV metaphorically, κυλίκων, πίθων σ., of a bibulous old …