ἐμπύριος
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], ον, belonging to the empyrean, θεός (opp. αἰθέριος, ὑλαῖος) Procl.Theol. Plat.4.39, cf. Iamb.Myst.7.2, Lyd.Mens.4.22.
German (Pape)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐμπύριος: ῠ, ον, = ἔμπυρος, Ἰαμβλ. Μυστ. 7. 2.
Spanish (DGE)
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1 ígneo, de fuego de un dios, Procl.Theol.Plat.4.39 (p.111), op. αἰθέριος, ὑλαῖον Procl.in Ti.2.57.11, χιτῶνες Procl.in Ti.1.112.18, κόσμος Procl.in Ti.3.43.17, cf. Lyd.Mens.4.22, ἡγεμονίαν νοερὰν καὶ ἐμπύριον ἐπιδείκνυται Iambl.Myst.7.2, ἰδιότης Dion.Ar.CH 13.3 (p.46), εἰς θυμὸν ἐμπύριον Eust.634.54, ἐμπύριοι τιμωρίαι castigos infernales Meth.Symp.290
•subst. ὁ ἐ. el Empíreo la más alta esfera del universo que es fuego y luz, Aristid.Quint.87.26, tb. τὸ ἐ. Procl.in R.2.201.
2 adv. -ίως como fuego ἐ., ἀερίως, ἐνυδρίως, χθονίως Procl.in Ti.2.28.6, ἡ ἐ. καθαρτικὴ ἰδιότης Dion.Ar.CH 13.3 (p.48).
