σπινθ-ήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,
spark, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1053, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 205a12, “Cael.” 276a4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a meteor, τοῦ δέ τε πολλοὶ ἀπὸ σπινθῆρες ἵενται [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.77: _metaphorically_, ἐμβαλὼν σ. Μεγαρικοῦ ψηφίσματος ἐξεφύσησεν πόλεμον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 609; ἐκ τούτου τοῦ σ. ἐξεκαύθη πόλεμος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.39.2; ὀφθαλμοὺς σπινθῆρας ἔχεις “Anthologia Graeca” 12.196 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), cf. LXX.Wis.11.18. ] LXX+8th c.BC+]