ἐπιφλέγω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[burn up]], πῦρ..ἐπιφλέγει ἄσπετον ὕλην Il.2.455; ὄφρ' ἤτοι τοῦτον μὲν [νεκρὸν] ἐπιφλέγῃ..πῦρ 23.52; of an enemy, πάντα ἐπέφλεγον καὶ ἔκειρον Hdt.8.32; <b class="b3">ἐ. τὴν πόλιν</b> [[set fire to]] it, Th.2.77:—Pass., Nic.''Th.''188.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[heat]], [[inflame]], τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν Aët.15.20: metaph., [[inflame]], [[excite]], σάλπιγξ ἀϋτῇ πάντ' ἐκεῖν' ἐπέφλεγεν A.''Pers.'' 395; ἐ. τινὰ αἴθοπι μώμῳ Tim.''Pers.''222; Ἀννίβχς εὐτυχῶν ἐ. τὴν Ἰταλίαν Plu.''Cat.Ma.''1; with love, Λαΐς ἐ. πόθῳ τὴν Ἑλλάδα Id.2.767f: —Pass., Arist.''Phgn.''812a27, Ael.''NA''15.9.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[illumine]], ἠέλιος.. ἐ. ἀκτίνεσσιν D.P.1110: metaph., [[make illustrious]], ἐ. πόλιν ἀοιδαῖς Pi. ''O.''9.22.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., to [[be scorching hot]], of the sun, Luc.''Anach.''25, D.C.59.7: metaph., to [[be brilliant]], εὐφροσύνα τε καὶ δόξ' ἐ. Pi.''P.''11.45.