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                    "description": "<b>ας (ἡ)<\/b> cendre, IL. <i>18, 25 ; 23, 251 ;<\/i> AR. <i>Nub. 178 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Lys. 210<\/i> a.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Ion<\/i>. τέφρη, IL. <i>ll. cc<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>R. indo-europ<\/i>. *d<sup>h<\/sup>eg<sup>wh<\/sup>-, brûler ; <i>cf. lat<\/i>. febris, foveō, <i>sscr<\/i>. dáhati.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "Ep. and Ion. τέφρη, ἡ, <b>ashes<\/b>, as of the funeral pile, <i>Il.<\/i> 23.251; νεκταρέῳ δὲ χιτῶνι μέλαιν’ ἀμφίζανε τέφρη 18.25; ὁ ἀὴρ ὁ ἐγκατακλειόμενος ἐν ταῖς θήκαις (coffins)… διαλύει πάντ’ εἰς τ. Thphr. <i>Ign.<\/i> 47; τ. πηγνυμένη νιφετὸν [σημαίνει] Id. <i>Sign.<\/i> 42; κἠπὶ τὴν τέφρην οἰχνεῖ (sc. τὸ πῦρ) Call. in PSI 11.1216.35; καταπάσας τέφραν, ἐμπάσαι τῆς τέφρας, Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 177, Pl. <i>Ly.<\/i> 210a; δόξαι τινὰ ψάμμον ἢ τ. ἐσθίειν Gal. 6.782; ἐκκρίνασα τὴν οἷον τ. τῶν ὑπεροπτηθέντων χυμῶν Id. 18(2).279; τέφρᾳ τιλθῆναι, prob.<br\/><b>lime<\/b>, Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 1083 (τίτανος is a form of τ. acc. to Gal. 12.140); ἡ τ. ἡ Φρυγία was used for eye-disease, Arist. <i>Mir.<\/i> 834b30 (cf. Pl. <i>l.c.<\/i>); so τ. κληματίνη Dsc. 5.117; τῆς τ. πλυθείσης ἡ κονία (cf. κονία II) γίνεται Gal. 12.222, cf. Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 5.9.5; <b><i>prov.<\/i>, ὅρκους… εἰς τέφραν γράφειν<\/b> Philonid. 7; <b>tefre, = nugacitas<\/b>, <i>Gloss.<\/i> (With τεφ- [from θεφ-] cf. Skt. <i>dáhati<\/i>, Lith. <i>degù<\/i> ΄burn΄, Lat. <b>favilla<\/b>, Gr. θέπτανος.)"
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