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Headword: *)/ipnia
Adler number: iota,550
Translated headword: soot
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[Meaning] the offscourings of the oven [i)pno/s], the so-called furnace [furnus]. Or the flammable materials suitable for the stove. Callimachus calls the dung of animals [i)/pnia]: "he/she took away together the rubbish and the ashes from the oven."[1]
Or i)pno/s, a cook-shop, or a torch. Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "the ipnos became suddenly ivory."[2]
Also [sc. attested are] i)pnoi/, [meaning] lamps, lanterns, portable lights.[3]

Greek Original:

*)/ipnia: ta\ a)pokaqa/rmata tou= i)pnou=, tou= legome/nou fou/rnou. h)\ ta\ pro\s th\n ka/minon e)pith/deia kau/sima. le/gei de\ th\n ko/pron tw=n zw/|wn *kalli/maxos: su\n d' a)/mudis foruto/n te kai\ i)/pnia lu/mat' a)/eiren. h)\ *)ipno/s, to\ mageirei=on, h( kapnodo/kh, h)\ o( fano/s. *)aristofa/nhs *plou/tw|: o( d' i)pno\s ge/gon' e)capi/nhs e)lefa/ntinos. kai\ *)ipnoi/, oi( lampth=res, oi( fanoi/, oi( lu/xnoi.

Notes:

The Greek headword is (neuter) plural.
[1] From the scholia on Aristophanes, Wasps 836, where an oven is mentioned (web address 1). 'Callimachus' = Hecale fr. 295; cf. alpha 636, phi 623.
[2] Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 815 (web address 2), with scholion. See also iota 552.
[3] From the scholia on Aristophanes, Peace 841 (web address 3).

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Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 1 July 2006@23:18:05.
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David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 2 July 2006@05:33:25.
David Whitehead (another note; tweaking) on 14 January 2013@06:42:22.
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