STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: πῦρ

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(once πύυρ [?~X ¯ ?~X] by 'distraction', [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 59 codices Hdn.Gr. (“Rh.Mus.” 35.101, 38.378)), τό, _genitive_ πῠρός] Refs 4th c.BC+]; not used in plural, see at {πυρά},{τά}:—fire, π. καίειν or δαίειν to kindle fire, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.521, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.7, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἀνακαίειν, ἅπτειν, ἐξάπτειν, αἴθειν, ἐναύειν, (see entry).; π. ποιεῖν, ποιήσασθαι, [[ 4th c.BC: Anaxippus Comicus 1.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.27; οἴσετε π. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.718; π. προσέφερον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.2.14 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἐμβαλεῖν νηυσί, κλισίῃσι, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.597, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.501 (tmesis)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. φυσητέον, ῥιπίζειν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 293, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 21; as exclamation, πῦρ βοᾷ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 208. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

__b π. τεχνικόν, see at {τεχνικός}.

__2 funeral-fire (compare πυρά), ὄφρα πυρός με.. λελάχωσι θανόντα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.79, 22.342, compare 15.350, 23.76 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ζῶντα διδόναι τινὰ πυρί burn one alive, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]

__3 sacrificial fire, ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.220, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.341, 446; κατὰ τοῦ π. σπένδειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120a; διὰ τοῦ π. ὀμνύναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.40. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]

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__II phrases, ἐν πυρὶ γενέσθαι to be consumed, come to nothing, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.340 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φεύγων καπνὸν εἰς πῦρ δεσποτείας ἐμπεπτωκώς 'out of the frying pan into the fire, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 569b, cf. Prov. cited in 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Epictetum commentaria” p.72 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; ἦν ἄρα πυρός γ᾽ ἕτερα θερμότερα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 382 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ ἐγχεῖν, ἄγειν, φέρειν, ἐπεισφέρειν, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 18, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 453, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 880a21, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.61a] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς π. ξαίνειν 'plough the sands', [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 780c; βασανίζειν χρυσὸν ἐν πυρί [prev. author] “R.” 413e, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.20.7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: as a type of things irresistible or terrible, ἀντίος εἶμι, καὶ εἰ πυρὶ χεῖρας ἔοικε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.371; μάρναντο δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο 11.596, +others; Ἕκτωρ πυρὸς αἰνὸν ἔχει μένος 17.565, compare 6.182; so τὸ πεπρωμένον οὐ π. σχήσει 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 232; κρεῖσσον ἀμαιμακέτου πυρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 177; οὐδὲν θηρίον γυναικὸς ἀμαχώτερον, οὐδὲ π. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1015; ἀναρχία κρείσσων πυρός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 608; ἐχίδνης καὶ πυρὸς περαιτέρω [prev. author] “Andr.” 271 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι (as we say) to go through fire and water, dash through any danger, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.16, compare “Oec.” 21.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 133 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ she raged furiously against the other partner of the bed, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 487 (Lyric poetry); διὰ πυρὸς ἔμολον ματρί [prev. author] “El.” 1183 (Lyric poetry); σωθήσεται οὕτω δὲ ὡς διὰ πυρός NT.1Cor.3.15; εἰς π. ἅλλεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.9; κἂν εἰς π. ἐμβαῖεν 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 314.3; π. διέρπειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 265 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; of persons, ὦ π. σύ.. [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 927 ] Refs]; of Hannibal, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flamininus” 21 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: metaphorically of anxious hope, θάλπει τῷδ᾽ ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 888 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of love, ἀρσενικῷ θέρεται π. [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 27.5, compare 45.2 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (Cf. Armenian hur, O[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] fyr 'fire', etc.)