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Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

Diodorus Siculus, 4.61.7
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|Beta Code=purpo/lhsis
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|Definition=εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[wasting with fire]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>3.7.11</span> (pl.).</span>
|Definition=-εως, ἡ, [[wasting with fire]], J.''BJ''3.7.11 (pl.).
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Transliteration A: pyrpólēsis Transliteration B: pyrpolēsis Transliteration C: pyrpolisis Beta Code: purpo/lhsis

English (LSJ)

-εως, ἡ, wasting with fire, J.BJ3.7.11 (pl.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 824] ἡ, das Verwüsten durch Feuer, Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πυρπόλησις: ἡ, τὸ πυρπολεῖν, διὰ τοῦ πυρὸς καταστρέφειν, Ἰωσήπ. Ἰουδ. Πόλ. 3. 7, 11, Ἐκκλ.