serving to quench, put out
serving to quench or put out, κωλύματα [πυρὸς] σ. Th. 7.53: as Subst., σβεστήρια τοῦ πυρός D.H. 3.56, cf. Plu. Cam. 34, etc.: metaph., σ. κακοῦ φάρμακον Heraclit. All. 20; σ. ἰάματα (for a fever) Orib. Eup. 3.6.
The corpus record
σβεσ-τήριος
sbesterios
serving to quench
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Where it lives
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What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- σβεστήρια · sbestēria Thucydides, History 7.53.4 (DIORISIS sentence 5124)
Where it came from
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