ἄνθραξ, ᾰκος, ὁ,
charcoal, [[ 4th c.BC: Sotades Comicus 1.12] Refs 4th c.BC+]: mostly in plural ἄνθρακες[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 34, 332, “Nu.” 97; ἄ. Παρνήθιοι [prev. author] “Ach.” 348; ὀπτωμέναις κόγχαισιν ἐπί τῶν ἀ. [prev. author] “fragment” 68; ἄνθρακας ἡμμένους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.100, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; their vapour produced stupor, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Sensu” 444b31: proverbial, ἄνθρακας κατεσθίειν,] Refs 4th c.BC+] of a glutton, [[ 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 10.14, cf. Ion Trag. 29. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 coal, οἷς καὶ οἱ χαλκεῖς χρῶνται[[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 16, “PHolm.” 2.33] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ἀνθράκων μαλακῶν on a slow fire, [[ 1st c.AD: Xenocrates Medicus 16. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II a precious stone of dark-red colour, including the carbuncle, ruby, and garnet [[(from Adams), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 387b18, LXX.Exo.28.18, 3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 41, etc. ] LXX+4th c.BC+]
__II.2 hence, carbuncle, malignant pustule (accusative to some, small-pox), [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 3.7, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.719, +others ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III ={ἰσάτις}, woad, [[ PHolm. 18.34, +others] Refs]