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ἐκπυρσεύω

ekpurseuo

kindle, inflame

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What it meant

ἐκπυρσεύω · ekpyrseuō — LSJ

kindle, inflame

kindle, inflame : metaph., in Pass., τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ὑπὸ φιλοσοφίας S.E. M. 11.179 (Pass.).

II give signals by a beacon-light

give signals by a beacon-light, J. BJ 4.10.5.

III give out

give out flame, τεῖχος ἐ. φλόγα ib. 7.8.5.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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