The corpus record

ἐμπυρ-εύω

empureuo

set on fire

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Where it lives

De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k

What it meant

ἐμπυρ-εύω · empyr-euō — LSJ

set on fire, catch fire, light a fire

set on fire, Ar. Lys. 372:— Med., catch fire, Thphr. HP 5.9.6; light a fire, Philostr. Im. 2.24:—Pass., Arist. PA 649a26.

2 set aglow

set aglow, τὴν ψυχὴν ἐμπεπύρευκεν Id. Resp. 474b13, cf. Juv. 469b16 (Pass.).

II kindle in

kindle in the body, θερμότητα Id. GA 739b10.

III roast in, on the fire

roast in or on the fire, φηγόν Ar. Pax 1137.

In the wild

ἐμπυρεύσων · empyreusōn Aristophanes, Lysistrata 372 (DIORISIS sentence 277)
ἐμπυρεύων · empyreuōn Aristophanes, Peace 1.1130 (DIORISIS sentence 808)
ἐμπεπυρευμένης · empepyreumenēs Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 33)
ἐμπεπύρευκεν · empepyreuken Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 80)

Where it came from

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