πυρπολ-έω · pyrpol-eō — LSJ
light and keep up a fire, watch a fire
The corpus record
πυρπολ-έω
purpoleo
light and keep up a fire, watch a fire
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Distribution
- Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
- Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
- Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
- Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
- Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
- Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
Senses
Attestations
- πυρπολέοντας · pyrpoleontas Odyssey 10.30
- πυρπολέεσθαι · pyrpoleesthai Herodotus, Histories 8.50.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8714)
- ἐπυρπόλουν · epyrpoloun Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.3.25 (DIORISIS sentence 1576)
- πυρπολούμενος · pyrpoloumenos Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 7
- πυρπολεῖ · pyrpolei Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 1151)
- πυρπολῶν · pyrpolōn Aristophanes, Wasps 1075 (DIORISIS sentence 785)
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