πυρσ-εύω,
light up, kindle, πυρσεύσας.. σέλας Εὔβοιαν having lit it up with beacon-fires (σέλας combining with the notion of the Verb), [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1126 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γαῖαν πᾶσαν, of the Sun, [[ “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 35.16: _metaphorically_, π. ἔχθραν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.64; τὸ κάλλος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 12 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, blaze, μαρμαρυγῇ [[ 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.5 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ὥρα τις εἰαρινὴ π. beams forth, [[ [prev. author] 5.13. ] Refs]
__2 set on fire, τρίχα [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.327. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II communicate news by means of πυρσοί, signal by beacon-fires, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.8.15, 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 25.3, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τισι to others, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 12.49 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; τῶν φρυκτωρῶν (or -ίων) κατὰ διαδοχὰς πυρσευόντων ἀλλήλοις [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 398a33 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πυρσεύετε κραυγὴν ἀγῶνος give a shout in signal of battle, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 694 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἄν τι πυρσευθῇ [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 15.1; δόξα ὥσπερ ἀπὸ σκοπῆς τῆς Ἑλλάδος εἰς τὴν οἰκουμένην πυρσεύεται 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.182f: _impersonal_, πυρσεύεται] Refs 4th c.BC+] fire-signals are made, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 62. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]