πυροφόρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ([[πῦρ]]) in plural,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[inflammatory missiles]], Ph.''Bel.''91.41, 94.8; [[engine]]s which [[discharge]] such [[missile]]s, ib.95.20.<br><span class="bld">II</span> sg., [[bearer of sacrificial fire]], at [[Epidaurus]], ''IG''42(1).400, al.; at [[Argos]], ''SIG''735.13 (i B.C.); written [[πουροφόρος]], [[πυρωφώρος]], ''IG''5(1).997, 1021 (Laconia).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[πυρφόρος]] II.2b ([[quod vide|q.v.]]).<br><br>πῡροφόρος, ον, ([[πυρός]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wheat-bearing]], [[ἄρουρα]] Il.12.314; ἄρουραι 14.123, Simon.15; [[πεδίον]], [[πεδία]], Il.21.602, E.''Ph.''644 (lyr.); [[πεδιάς]] Ph. 2.117; [[Λιβύα]] Pi.''I.''4(3).54; [[γῆ]] Sol.24.2, Thphr.''CP''3.21.2, ''PSI''4.432.4 (iii B.C.); Γέλα A.''Eleg.''4; cf. [[πυρηφόρος]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀὴρ πυροφόρος</b> [[air]] [[promoting the growth of wheat]], Hes.''Op.''549 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] <b class="b3">πυροφόροις . . ἐπὶ ἔργοις</b>).