ὑποκαίω

English (LSJ)

Att. ὑποκάω,

   A burn by applying fire below, τινὰς ζῶντας D.S. 20.71, cf. 19.108; burn underneath, ὀστέα Hdt.4.61; ξύλα ὑ. τῷ τρίποδι under the tripod, Anon. ap. Eust.1146.37; light sacrificial fires, cf. ὑποκλαίω.    2 light under, πῦρ Luc.Phal.1.11:—Pass., Arist.Mete. 355a17.    3 ὑ. λέβητα, [κακκάβην], light a fire under it, Gal.13.37,6.707.    4 heat a bath, PFlor.127.4 (iii A. D.), PGiss.40 ii 19 (iii A. D.).    II metaph. in Pass., ὑ. τινός to be inflamed by love for... Parth.12.1, 23.2; to be inflamed, φλύκταιναι -όμεναι Ph.2.101.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1219] (s. καίω), durch untergelegtes Feuer anbrennen, darunter anzünden; ἐς λέβητας ἐςβάλλοντες ἕψουσι, ὑποκαίοντες τὰ ὀστέα τῶν ἱρηΐων Her. 4, 61; Luc. Phalar. 1, 11 u. a. Sp.