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ὑποκαίω

upokaio

burn by applying fire below

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ὑποκαίω · hypokaiō — LSJ

burn by applying fire below, burn underneath, under, light sacrificial fires

burn by applying fire below, τινὰς ζῶντας D.S. 20.71, cf. 19.108; burn underneath, ὀστέα Hdt. 4.61; ξύλα ὑ. τῷ τρίποδι under the tripod, Anon. ap. Eust. 1146.37; light sacrificial fires, cf. ὑποκλαίω.

2 light under

light under, πῦρ Luc. Phal. 1.11:—Pass., Arist. Mete. 355a17.

3 light a fire under

ὑ. λέβητα, [κακκάβην], light a fire under it, Gal. 13.37,6.707.

4 heat

heat a bath, PFlor. 127.4 (iii A. D.), PGiss. 40 ii 19 (iii A. D.).

II to be inflamed by love for, to be inflamed

metaph. in Pass., ὑ. τινός to be inflamed by love for . . , Parth. 12.1, 23.2; to be inflamed, φλύκταιναι -όμεναι Ph. 2.101.

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