σπῐλάς, άδος, ἡ,
__A rock over which the sea dashes (opposed to ὕφαλοι πέτραι in [[“Anthologia Graeca” 11.390 (1st c.AD: Lucillius Epigrammaticus)), νῆάς γε ποτὶ σπιλάδεσσιν ἔαξαν κύματα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.298; δοῦπον ἄκουσε ποτὶ σπιλάδεσσι θαλάσσης 5.401 (see. πάγος)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ ὑψηλαῖς σπιλάδεσσι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 371 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλαγκταὶ σ. [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.932; σ. εἰν ἁλὶ πέτρη [prev. author] 3.1294 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ῥεῖθρον ἀπὸ σ. [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus “Epigrammata” 4.6 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: generally, slab, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 678 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὧδ᾽ ὑπὸ τὸ σπιλάδος μέλαθρον, i.e. under this tombstone, [[ Sammelb. 6160 (from Egypt)] Refs]; hollow rock, cave, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus (?) 179. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__A.II as adjective, stony, or perhaps marly, i.e. γῆ, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.4.4. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]