πυρόω

πῠρόω, ([etym.] πῦρ)

A burn with fire, burn up,

τὰς Ἀθήνας Hdt.7.8

.β, 8.102;

στέγην A.Fr.281

;

ναούς S.Ant.286

; burn as a burnt sacrifice,

ὀσφῦν A.Pr.497

;

πυροῦτε σώματα E.HF244

; burn on a pyre, ἣν πεπύρωκαν (sic)

ἐγώ Supp.Epigr.1.569

([place name] Egypt); π. Κύκλωπος ὄψιν burn out his eye, E.Cyc.594, cf. 600:—[voice] Med., παῖδα πυρωσαμένη having placed my son on the pyre, AP7.466 (Leon.):—[voice] Pass., to be set on fire, to be burnt,

πυρωθέντων Τρώων Pi.P.11.33

;

Ἴλιον πυρούμενον E.Andr.400

, cf. Tr. 1283;

πυρωθῆναι δέμας Id.IT685

, cf. Med.1190, Parth. in PLit.Lond. 64.6, Ph.1.256.

b π. τὴν γεῦσιν, τὴν γλῶσσαν, seem hot to the taste or tongue, Dsc.1.16, 4.170.

c ἡ ζεστολουσία . . πυροῦσα τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν reddening or warming up the surface, Theon ap.Gal.6.208.

2 metaph., set on fire, inflame,

Ἔρως σὺ δ' εὐθέως με πύρωσον Anacreont. 10.15

:—[voice] Pass., to be inflamed or excited,

παραγγέλμασιν . . πυρωθεὶς καρδίαν A.Ag.481

(lyr.); τινι by a person (with love), AP12.87;

εὐχαριστίᾳ Ph.1.60

, cf. 2 Ep.Cor.11.29.

II abs., produce fire, Arist. PA649b5:—[voice] Pass., to become fire, to be ignited, Pl.Ti.51b, 52d, Arist. Cael.307a24, al.

III treat with fire: roast, grill, Hp.Vict.2.56; bake,

πλίνθους Ph.1.420

;

τὸ σταῖς Arist.Pr.927b39

, cf. 929b12 ([voice] Pass.); warm on the fire, Agatharch.61 ([voice] Pass.); melt, [ἀργυρώματα] IG7.303.15 (Oropus, iii B.C.); make red hot, Ph.1.625 ([voice] Pass.); fumigate,

δῶμα θεείῳ Theoc.24.96

; cauterize, Arist.HA515b18 ([voice] Pass.).

2 [voice] Pass., to be affected by fire,

ὁ χρυσὸς οὐ πυροῦται Id.Mete.378b4

.

3 of gold, to be proved or tested by fire,

χρυσίον πεπυρωμένον ἐκ πυρός Apoc.3.18

: metaph., proved by fire, approved, LXX Ps.17 (18).31, 118 (119).140, Ph.1.57.

4 to be affected by heart-burn, Herod.Med. ap. Aët.9.2.