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Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
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Met., [[excite]], [[kindle]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[κάειν]], [[φλέγειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[διαθερμαίνειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιφλέγειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ζωπυρεῖν]], [[θάλπειν]]. [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[θερμαίνειν]] ([[Plato]]); see [[excite]]. | Met., [[excite]], [[kindle]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[κάειν]], [[φλέγειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[διαθερμαίνειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπιφλέγειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ζωπυρεῖν]], [[θάλπειν]]. [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[θερμαίνειν]] ([[Plato]]); see [[excite]]. | ||
[[he is fired with love]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἐντεθέρμανται πόθῳ]] ([[Sophocles | [[he is fired with love]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἐντεθέρμανται πόθῳ]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Trachiniae]]'' 368). | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:50, 17 November 2021
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. πῦρ, τό, φλόξ, ἡ, V. φλογμός, ὁ, αἶθος, ὁ.
conflagration: P. ἔμπρησις, ἡ.
burning heat: P. and V. καῦμα, τό.
watchfires: P. πύρα, τά, V. πυρσά, τά; see beacon.
breathing fire, adj.: V. πύρπνοος, πύρπνους.
carry fire, v.: V. πυρφορεῖν.
carrying fire, adj.: P. and V. πυρφόρος.
untouched by fire: P. and V. ἄπυρος.
set fire to: see fire, v.
be under fire, v.; use P. and V. βάλλεσθαι (lit., be shot at).
be between two fires (have enemies on each side): P. ἀμφίβολος εἶναι, ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ εἶναι.
catch fire: P. and V. κάεσθαι, ἅπτεσθαι.
Met., vehemence: P. σφοδρότης, ἡ.
zeal: P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ, προθυμία, ἡ.
verb transitive
set fire to: P. and V. ἅπτειν, ὑφάπτειν, ἀνάπτειν, πῦρ ἐμβάλλειν (dat.), P. ἐπιφλέγειν, V. ὑπαίθειν, Ar. ἐμπυρεύειν, ἐκφλέγειν; see burn, kindle.
Met., excite, kindle: Ar. and P. κάειν, φλέγειν, P. διαθερμαίνειν, V. ἐπιφλέγειν, Ar. and V. ζωπυρεῖν, θάλπειν. P. and V. θερμαίνειν (Plato); see excite.
he is fired with love: V. ἐντεθέρμανται πόθῳ (Sophocles, Trachiniae 368).
