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ἐκπύρωσις

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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus
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Transliteration A: ekpýrōsis Transliteration B: ekpyrōsis Transliteration C: ekpyrosis Beta Code: e)kpu/rwsis

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], εως, ἡ,

   A conflagration, Str. 12.8.18 (pl.), Luc.Vit. Auct.14.    2 Philos., conversion into fire, Zeno Stoic.1.32, Chrysipp. ib.2.131, etc.; ἐ. πνεύματος Epicur.Ep.2p.45U.    3 calcination, Dsc.5.87.    4 excessive heat, pyrexia, in disease, Ptol.Tetr. 199.    5 eruption, τοῦ Βεσβίου ὄρους J.AJ20.7.2.    6 metaph., of anger, Phld.Ir.p.26W.    II catching fire, Arist.Mete.342b2.    III a kind of dance, Menipp. ap. Ath.14.629f.

German (Pape)

[Seite 777] ἡ, das Ausbrennen, Vernichten durch Feuer; τοῦ κόσμου Luc. Vit. auct. 14; bei Ath. XIV, 629 e eine Art Tanz; übh. Entzündung, Erhitzung, Arist. Heteorl. 1, 5 u. Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐκπύρωσις: ῠ, εως, ἡ, ἐντελὴς καῦσις, ἐμπρησμός, Στράβων 579. Διογ. Λ. 10. 101, 102. Λουκ. Βίων Πρᾶσις 14. ΙΙ. τὸ ἀνάπτειν, Ἀριστ. Μετεωρ. 1. 5, 2 πρβλ. ἐκπυρόω ΙΙ· - παρ’ Ἀθην. 629Ε, εἶδός τι ὀρχήσεως.

French (Bailly abrégé)

εως (ἡ) :
conflagration, embrasement.
Étymologie: ἐκπυρόω.