πύρωσις
ἄνδρες τεθνᾶσιν ἐκ χερῶν αὐτοκτόνων → the men are dead, murdered by their very own hands | dead are our chiefs by fratricidal hands | by kindred hands and mutual murder slain | their hands have killed each other
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A firing, burning, Thphr.HP5.9.1. 2 exposure to the action of fire, as in cooking, Arist.Pr.928a24, Thphr.HP7.7.2, Lap.4,al.; ἡ ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ π. boiling, Arist.Mete.380b28; μαλακὴ π. Mnesith. ap. Ath.8.357d. 3 proving by fire, LXX Pr.27.21, 1 Ep.Pet.4.12, Hsch. 4 cautery, Antyll. ap. Orib.44.23.42. 5 destruction by fire, γῆν πυρώσει ἀφανίζων J.AJ1.11.4. II flame, Arist.Mete.369b6. III metaph., burning desire, Sch.Ar.Pl.975. IV fever, S.E.P.2.240: pl., feverish states, Hp.Loc.Hom.27. 2 inflammation, Epicur.Fr.60; στομάχου Dsc.2.124.
German (Pape)
[Seite 826] ἡ, das Brennen, Kochen, Rösten im Feuer, Theophr. u. A.; vgl. Mnesith. bei Ath. VIII, 357 d. – Bei den Aerzten Entzündung, Brand.
