A.a live coal covered with ashes, so as to allow of the fire being rekindled (λείψανον, Hsch.; ἔναυσμα, Suid.), Arist.Frr.225,226, Gal.11.629: metaph., Ph.2.59, al., Longus 1.29; “ἀρετῆς” Jul.ad Ath.269d: pl., ζωῆςἐ. embers, hidden sparks, Simp.in Cael.677.11.