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ζωπῠρ-έω

zopureo

kindle into flame, cause to blaze up

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Where it lives

Regnorum IV 4 · 2.31/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k

What it meant — LSJ

kindle into flame, cause to blaze up, to be quickened by fire

kindle into flame, cause to blaze up, ζ. τοὺς ἄνθρακας Men. 71; τὸ πνεῦμα ζ. Thphr. Ign. 27:—in Pass., to be quickened by fire, of the foetus, Hp. Vict. 1.9.

2 to provoke, increase, quicken, fill with power

metaph., μέριμναι ζωπυροῦσι τάρβος A. Th. 290 (lyr.); ζωπυρουμένας φρενός Id. Ag. 1034 (lyr.); τῆς φύσεως τὸ ζωπυροῦν Arist. PA 670a25, cf. Plu. Fac.lun. 2.940c; ζ. τινά to provoke him, Ar. Lys. 682 (lyr.); ζ. τρυφήν increase it, Plu. Lyc. 9; in Magic, quicken, fill with power, PMag.Leid.V. 10.7 (Pass.).

II burst into flame

intr., burst into flame, ἢν ἡ θέρμη ζωπυρῇ Aret. SD 1.8.

In the wild

ζωπυρουμένας · zōpyroumenas Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1030–1034
ζωπυροῦσι · zōpyrousi Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 289–294
ζωπυρεῖς · zōpyreis Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 717)
ἐζωπύρησεν · ezōpyrēsen Septuaginta, Regnorum IV 8
ἐζωπύρησεν · ezōpyrēsen Septuaginta, Regnorum IV 8
ἐζωπύρησεν · ezōpyrēsen Septuaginta, Regnorum IV 8

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