σποδός, ἡ, wood-ashes, embers, Od. 9.375, h.Merc. 238: generally, ashes, Hdt. 2.140; ἐπ’ Ἰσμηνοῦ τε μαντεία ς ., of the ashes of an altar, S. OT 21, cf. Ant. 1007, Hdt. 4.35; ς. ἱερὰ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ βωμοῦ SIG 1171.18 ( Lebena ); of the dead, A. Ag. 435, 443 (both lyr.), Ch. 687, S. El. 758, etc.; ἀμφὶ σποδὸν κάρᾳ κεχύμεθα, in sign of mourning, E. Supp. 827 (lyr.), cf. 1160; σποδὸς δὲ τἄλλα, Περικλέης, Κόδρος, Κίμων Alex. 25.12: - death by plunging into a room filled with ashes, αὐτήν μιν ῥῖψαι ἐς οἴκημα σποδοῦ πλέον Hdt. 2.100; as a Persian punishment (cf. Val. Max. 9.2.6 ), εἰς τὴν σποδὸν ἐμβάλλεται Ctes. Fr. 29.48, cf. 51, al., LXX [2Ma 13:5] sq. - There seems to be no difference in sense between σποδός and τέφρα: both occur in Trag., the latter alone in Att. Prose.
II dust, τῆς χαμᾶθεν σποδοῦ Hdt. 4.172; μετρεῖν τὴν ς ., of labour in vain, Arr. Epict. 3.26.17 .
III oxide of certain metals, ς. Κυπρίη copper oxide, Hp. Mul. 1.104; ς. Ἰλλυριῶτις Id. Ulc. 13; ς. χρυσῖτις Id. Mul. 1.103, cf. Dsc. 5.75. metaph., κυλίκων, πίθων ς ., of a bibulous old woman, ’soaker’, ’sponge’, AP 6.291, 7.455 ( Leon. ). lava, Str. 6.2.3 .
G4700 — σποδός
σποδοῦ, ἡ, from Homer down, ashes: [Heb 9:13]; ἐν σάκκῳ καί σποδῷ κάθημαι, to sit clothed in sackcloth and covered with ashes (exhibiting the tokens of grief, cf. [Jon 3:6]; [Isa 58:5]; [Isa 61:3]; [Jer 6:26]; [Est 4:1], [Est 4:3]; [Est 4:1] Macc. 3:47; cf. σάκκος, b.): [Mat 11:21]; [Luk 10:13].
σποδός , - o ῦ , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H665;]
ashes: [Heb 9:13]; ἐν σάκκῳ καὶ σ . ([Isa 58:5], [Joh 3:6], Da LXX [Dan 9:3], al. ), [Mat 11:21], [Luk 10:13]. †