ὑφάπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. ὑπάπτω, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">set on fire from underneath</b>, ὑπῆψαν τὴν ἀκρόπολιν <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.176</span>; ὑφῆψε δῶμ' ἀνηφαίστῳ πυρί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>621</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1618</span>; ὑ. πυράν <span class="bibl">Th.2.52</span>:—Pass., πόλις ὑφάπτεται πυρί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1274</span>; <b class="b3">ἃς</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἁμάξας</b>) ἔδει ἐν καιρῷ ὑφαφθῆναι <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.28.7</span>; <b class="b3">εὕρωμεν</b> (i. e. <b class="b3">-ομεν</b>) τὰς θύρας . . ὑφημ&lt;μ&gt;ένας φωτί <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1201.10</span> (i A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">inflame unperceived</b>, τοὺς θεωμένους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.1.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">light underneath</b>, <b class="b3">πῦρ, φλόγα</b>, Luc.<span class="title">Phal.</span>1.12, <span class="bibl">Aristaenet.2.4</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ νικέων ὑφαπτέτω τὰ ἱερά</b> the winner (in the race) <b class="b2">shall light</b> the sacred lamps, <span class="title">SIG</span>71.16 (Delph., ii B. C.): abs., <b class="b2">light a fire under</b> or [[in]] a place, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>730</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> Med., [[tie]] or <b class="b2">bind under</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπὸ δειρὴν ἁψαμένη</b> <b class="b2">tying a rope round</b> her neck, hanging herself, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aet.3.33</span>.</span>