αἴθαλος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 12 March 2017

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Noun

αἴθᾰλος (aíthalos) m (genitive αἰθᾰ́λου); second declension

  1. smoky flame and thick black smoke rising up from the sacked, scorched Troy
    1. soot
    2. a cinder, an ember, a scintilla
      • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 12.219
  2. a kind of black grape grown in Egypt

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αἴθᾰλος (aíthalos) m, f (neuter αἴθᾰλον); second declension

  1. burnt-coloured, dark brown, dusky, pitchy, blackish, dark

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