ὑφάπτειν

From LSJ

Στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν → No one loves the bearer of bad news

Sophocles, Antigone, 277

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also ὑφάπτω): kindle, set fire to

Lexicon Thucydideum

succendere, to kindle, inflame, 2.52.4.