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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[light]], [[kindle]], πυρὰ [[πολλά]] Il.; πῦρ [[κῆαι]] Od.; Mid., πῦρ κήαντο they lighted them a [[fire]], Hom.:—Pass. to be lighted, to [[burn]], Il., Hdt., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to set on [[fire]], [[burn]] up, [[burn]], Hom.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[burn]], [[scorch]], of the sun, Hdt.:—also of [[extreme]] [[cold]] (as Virg. penetrabile [[frigus]] adurit), Xen.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> Pass., of [[fever]]-[[heat]], to be [[burnt]] or [[parched]] up, Thuc.: metaph. of [[passion]], Pind., etc.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[burn]] and [[destroy]] (in war), τέμνειν καὶ κ., κ. καὶ πορθεῖν to [[waste]] with [[fire]] and [[sword]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> of surgeons, to [[cauterise]], τέμνειν καὶ κάειν to use [[knife]] and [[cautery]], Plat., Xen.