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ἐκπῠρ-όω

ekpuroo

burn to ashes, consume utterly

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What it meant

ἐκπῠρ-όω · ekpyr-oō — LSJ

burn to ashes, consume utterly

burn to ashes, consume utterly, E. IA 1070 (lyr.); ὕδραν Id. HF 421 (lyr.).

2 set on fire

set on fire, Arist. Mete. 341a18.

II catch fire, the tendency, to pass into fire

Pass., catch fire, ib. 342b2, Onos. 19.3 : a term used in the Stoic philos. to express the tendency of all things to pass into fire, Zeno Stoic. 2.182, etc.

2 to be burnt up

to be burnt up, λαμπάσιν κεραυνίαις E. Ba. 244, cf. Corn. ND 17.

3 to be much heated, to become red-hot

to be much heated, prob. in Hp. Vict. 1.25, f.l. in Aph. 7.38; to become red-hot, Plb. 12.25.2.

III heat, warm

heat, warm, βαλανεῖα Philostr. VA 1.16.

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