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ὑποκαίω

ὑποκαίω, to burn by applying fire below

ὑποκαίω, Att. ὑποκάω,
  • 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, πῦρ Luc. Phal. 1.11:—Pass., Arist. Mete. 355a17.
      • 3 ὑ. λέβητα, [κακκάβην], light a fire under it, Gal. 13.37,6.707.
      • 4 heat a bath, PFlor. 127.4 (iii A. D.), PGiss. 40 ii 19 (iii A. D.).
    • II 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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