πυρετός
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (πῦρ)
A burning heat, fiery heat, φέρει πυρετὸν δειλοῖσι βροτοῖσιν (sc. Sirius) Il.22.31. II fever, Hp.Aph.2.26, Ar.V.1038 (pl.), etc.; θνήσκειν ἐκ π. Epigr.Gr.247 (Mysia); π. ἀμφημερινοί, τριταῖοι, τεταρταῖοι, quotidian, tertian, quartan fevers, Pl.Ti.86a, etc. (v. sub. vocc.); διαλείποντες Arist.Pr.866a23.
German (Pape)
[Seite 821] ὁ, brennende Hitze, Glühhitze; vom Sirius sagt Hom. φέρει πολλὸν πυρετὸν δειλοῖσι βροτοῖσιν, Il. 22, 31; – gew. Fieberhitze, Fieber, Ar. Vesp. 1038 u. in Prosa, wie Plat. Phaed. 105 c.
