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Headword: Dalos
Adler number: delta,32
Translated headword: firebrand
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning a] lamp, or burning piece of wood, or half-burnt torch.[1]
And [there is] a proverb: 'a firebrand into fire'.[2]
Greek Original:
Dalos: lampas, ê xulou apokauma, ê daidion hêmiphlekton. kai paroimia: Dalos eis pur.
Notes:
[1] Same glossing in other lexica.
[2] cf. Diogenianus 7.82.
Keywords: botany; daily life; definition; proverbs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 July 2002@18:01:44.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 4 September 2002@04:15:24.
David Whitehead (another note; tweaking) on 14 June 2012@05:46:13.
David Whitehead on 5 October 2015@02:43:11.
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