τεφρ-όω,
burn to ashes, [[ 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 227; πόλεις NT.2Pet.2.6 ] NT+3rd c.BC+]:—middle, [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 534 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, to be burnt to ashes, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 20, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.187 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be covered with ashes, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 66.21. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]