ζωπῠρ-έω,
(ζώπυρον) kindle into flame, cause to blaze up, ζ. τοὺς ἄνθρακας [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 71; τὸ πνεῦμα ζ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 27 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—in passive, to be quickened by fire, of the foetus, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, μέριμναι ζωπυροῦσι τάρβος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 290 (Lyric poetry); ζωπυρουμένας φρενός [prev. author] “Ag.” 1034 (Lyric poetry); τῆς φύσεως τὸ ζωπυροῦν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 670a25, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.940c] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ζ. τινά to provoke him, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 682 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζ. τρυφήν increase it, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 9 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; in Magic, quicken, fill with power, [[ PMag.Leid.V. 10.7 (_passive_). ] Refs]
__II intransitive, burst into flame, ἢν ἡ θέρμη ζωπυρῇ [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.8. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]