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ἐμπίμπρημι

empimpremi

kindle, set on fire

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 40 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐμπίμπρημι · empimprēmi — LSJ

kindle, set on fire, burn, to be set on fire, to be inflamed

kindle, set on fire, πυρὶ νῆας Il. 8.182, al.; τῷ Λημνίῳ . . πυρὶ ἔμπρησον S. Ph. 801; τὸν [νηὸν] ἐνέπρησαν Hdt. 1.19, cf. 5.101, al.: c. gen., πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο νῆας ἐνιπρήσωσι burn them by force of fire, Il. 16.82; ἐμπιμπράναι οἰκίαν Ar. Nu. 1484, cf. Pl. R. 471c:—Pass., to be set on fire, Hdt. 1.19, etc.; ῥίζαι -πεπρησμέναι Ph. l.c.; to be inflamed, Aret. SA 2.10: metaph. of anger, Luc. Cat. 12. (Freq. written ἐμπίπρ- in codd., but cf. ἐμπιμπράντων Phld. Ir. p.53 W.)

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Where it came from

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