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θερμαίνω

thermaino

warm, heat

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Where it lives

  • Aggaeus 1 · 10.99/10k
  • De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 2 · 10.88/10k
  • De Insomniis 2 · 8.38/10k
  • De Divinatione per Somnum 1 · 8.34/10k
  • De Respiratione 5 · 8.23/10k
  • James 1 · 5.85/10k
  • Categories 4 · 3.98/10k
  • Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
  • De Sensu et Sensibilibus 2 · 2.56/10k
  • Phaedrus 4 · 2.41/10k
  • Ecclesiastes 1 · 2.21/10k
  • Enneads 44 · 2.08/10k

Densest 12 of 41 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

warm, heat, cause to be warmed, to be heated, feel the sensation of heat, to be, grow feverish, to be parched

warm, heat, εἰς ὅ κε θερμὰ λοετρὰ . . Ἑκαμήδη θερμήνῃ Il. 14.7; ἥλιος θερμαίνων χθόνα E. Ba. 679, cf. A. Pers. 505; τὸ χαλκίον θέρμαινε Eup. 108:—Med., cause to be warmed, τῇ ἐρωμένῃ χαλκία δύο ὕδατος PSI 4.406.37 (iii B.C.):—Pass., to be heated, Od. 9.376, Pl. Phd. 63d; τὸ θερμαῖνον ψύχεται ὑπὸ τοῦ θερμαινομένου Arist. GA 768b18; feel the sensation of heat, Pl. Tht. 186d; to be or grow feverish, Hp. Epid. 1.4.12 [1.26.ιβʹ]; to be parched, of roots, X. Oec. 19.11.

2 glows, have, warm

metaph., θ. φιλότατι νόον Pi. O. 10(11).87; ἕως ἐθέρμηνʼ αὐτὸν φλὸξ οἴνου E. Alc. 758; σπλάγχνʼ ἐθέρμαινον ποτῷ Id. Cyc. 424; σπλάγχνα θ. κότῳ Ar. Ra. 844; πολλὰ θερμαίνοι φρενί is prob. f.l. for π. θ. φρένα, A. Ch. 990(1004); οὐ τοῦτο μή σε θερμήνῃ Herod. 1.20:—Pass., κεναῖσιν ἐλπίσιν θερμαίνεται glows with hope, S. Aj. 478; χαρᾷ θ. καρδίαν have oneʼs heart warm with joy, E. El. 402.

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Where it came from

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