ἔμπυρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[πῦρ]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[in the fire]], [[on the fire]] or [[by the fire]], [[empyrus]], [[empyreus]], [[σκεύη]] ἔμπυρα = [[implement]]s used at the [[fire]], opp. [[ἄπυρος|ἄπυρα]], Pl.Lg.679a; ἡ ἔμπυρος [[τέχνη]] = the [[work]] of the [[forge]], [[smith]]'s [[art]], Id.Prt.321e (but in E.Ph.954, the [[art]] of divining by [[fire]], [[soothsaying]] [[trade]] (v. infr. ''III'')); [[χειρώνακτας|Χειρώνακτες]] Ael.NA2.31.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[expose]]d to [[fire]] or [[sun]], [[burnt]], [[scathed]], [[νεκρός]] E.Ph.1186; [[roast]]ed, [[σάρξ]] AP6.89 (Maec.); [[fiery]] [[hot]], [[torrid]], Χώρα Str.16.1.10; [[ἀήρ]] Thphr. CP1.13.5; [ἡ ὥρα] [[ἐμπυρωτάτη]] ib.4; [[feverish]], Hp.Morb.2.40 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἐμπύρετος]]); [[λοιμός|λοιμοί]] LXXAm.4.2; [[inflammatory]], of a [[bite]], Arist.Mir. 846b16; [[heated]], of a [[cautery]] [[iron]], PMed.Lond.155.3.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[burning]], [[scorching]], [[ἠέλιος]] AP9.24 (Leon.): metaph. of persons, [[fiery]], Plu.Num.5. Adv. [[ἐμπύρως]] = [[ardently]], [[passionately]], [[with passion]] [[ἐρᾶν]] Poll.3.68.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[lighted]], [[λαμπάς]] AP 6.100 (Crin.); [[βωμός]] ib.10.7 (Arch.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[of a burnt offering]] or [[for a burnt offering]], [[ὀρθοστάτης|ὀρθοστάται]] E.Hel.547.<br><span class="bld">2</span> as [[substantive]], [[ἔμπυρα]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἱερά]]), τά, [[burnt sacrifices]], opp. [[ἄπυρα]], Pi.O.8.3, cf. A.Ch.485 (prob.); δι' ἐμπύρων [[σπονδή|σπονδὰς]] [[καθεῖναι]] = to [[make]] [[libation]]s at the [[burnt]]-[[offering]]s, E. IA59 (hence [[ἔμπυρα]] are improperly used for [[σπονδαί]], S.El.405); [[κατάρα|κατάρας]] ἐπὶ ἐμπύρων [[ποιεῖσθαι]] = [[swear]] upon the [[sacrifice]], Plb.16.31.7, cf. App.Hisp.9; especially of [[burnt]]-[[offering]]s as used for purposes of [[divination]] (v. supr.''1''), S.Ant.1005; εἰς ἔμπυρ' ἦλθε E.IT16; also ἐμπύρους ἀκμάς Id.Ph.1255; ἔμπυρα σήματ' [[ἰδέσθαι]] A.R.1.145: rarely sg., [[ἔμπυρον]], [[τό]], PMag.Osl.1.69, dub. sens. in PCair.Zen.14.17.