πῠρ-ωσις, εως, ἡ,
firing, burning, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.9.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 exposure to the action of fire, as in cooking, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 928a24, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.7.2, “Lap.” 4, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ π. boiling, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 380b28 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; μαλακὴ π. Mnesith. cited in [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.357d. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 proving by fire, [[ LXX.Pro.27.21, NT.1Pet.4.12, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] LXX+NT+5th c.AD+]
__4 cautery, [[ 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 44.23.42. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__5 destruction by fire, γῆν πυρώσει ἀφανίζων [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 1.11.4. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II flame, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 369b6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III metaphorically, burning desire, [[Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 975. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV fever, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 2.240 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: plural, feverish states, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 27. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]