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ἐκπυρόω

ἐκπυρόω, to burn to ashes, consume utterly

ἐκπῠρ-όω,
  • burn to ashes, consume utterly, E. IA 1070 (lyr.); ὕδραν Id. HF 421 (lyr.).
      • 2 set on fire, Arist. Mete. 341a18.
    • II Pass., catch fire, ib. 342b2, Onos. 19.3: a term used in the Stoic philos. to express the tendency of all things to pass into fire, Zeno Stoic. 2.182, etc.
      • 2 to be burnt up, λαμπάσιν κεραυνίαις E. Ba. 244, cf. Corn. ND 17.
      • 3 to be much heated, prob. in Hp. Vict. 1.25, f.l. in Aph. 7.38; to become red-hot, Plb. 12.25.2.
    • III heat, warm, βαλανεῖα Philostr. VA 1.16.

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