ἐκπῠρ-όω,
A. 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 expressthe tendencyof all thingsto 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,