ζωπυρέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(ζώπυρον) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">kindle into flame, cause to blaze up</b>, ζ. τοὺς ἄνθρακας <span class="bibl">Men.71</span>; τὸ πνεῦμα ζ. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Ign.</span>27</span>:—in Pass., <b class="b2">to be quickened by fire</b>, of the foetus, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>1.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., μέριμναι ζωπυροῦσι τάρβος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>290</span> (lyr.); ζωπυρουμένας φρενός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1034</span> (lyr.); τῆς φύσεως τὸ ζωπυροῦν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>670a25</span>, cf. Plu.2.940c; <b class="b3">ζ. τινά</b> <b class="b2">to provoke</b> him, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>682</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ζ. τρυφήν</b> [[increase]] it, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>9</span>; in Magic, <b class="b2">quicken, fill with power</b>, PMag.Leid.V.10.7 (Pass.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., <b class="b2">burst into flame</b>, ἢν ἡ θέρμη ζωπυρῇ <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.8</span>.</span>