δαλός

A. fire-brand, Il. 15.421, Od. 5.488, E. Cyc. 471,472, A. Ch. 608 (lyr.), Arist. Mete. 344a26; beacon-light, AP 9.675; of the thunderbolt, Il. 13.320, cf. Luc. Tim. 2.

2. a kind of meteor, Arist. Mete. 341b28.

II. burnt-out torch: metaph. of an old man, AP 12.41 (Mel.). (Contr. fr. δαvελός, cf. δαβελός.)