scorch
From LSJ
ὕπνος δεινὸν ἀνθρώποις κακόν → sleep is a terrible evil for humans (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 1.523)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
parch, dry up: P. and V. ξηραίνειν (Euripides, Cyclops, Plato in pass.), συναυαίνειν (Euripides, Cyclops, Plato in pass.), P. ἀποξηραίνειν,Ar. σταθεύειν.
scorch all round (of lightning): Ar. περιφλύειν.
burn: P. and V. κάειν, θερμαίνειν; see burn.
scorched by the sun's bright flame: V. σταθευτὸς ἡλίου φοίβῃ φλογί (Aesch., Prometheus Vinctus 22).
