φέψαλος

A. gloss on φεψάλυξ, Hsch.):—spark, piece of the embers, Ar. Ach. 668 (lyr.), V. 227, Arist. Mete. 367a5:— φεψάλυξ [α], υγος, ὁ, Archil. 126, Ar. Lys. 107, Plb. 1.48.6: prov. phrases, ἀσπὶς ἐν τῷ φεψάλῳ κρεμήσεται, i.e. will be hung in the chimney, of things laid by and unused, Ar. Ach. 279; οὐδὲ φεψάλυξ not so much as . . , Id.Lys. l. c.