πυρόω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῦρ (pûr) +‎ -όω (-óō).

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Verb

πῠρόω • (pŭróō)

  1. to burn, set aflame, ignite
    • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Odes 11.33-37:
      μάντιν τʼ ὄλεσσε κόραν, ἐπεὶ ἀμφʼ Ἑλένᾳ πυρωθέντων Τρώων ἔλυσε δόμους ἁβρότατος. ὁ δʼ ἄρα γέροντα ξένον Στρόφιον ἐξίκετο, νέα κεφαλά, Παρνασοῦ πόδα ναίοντʼ· ἀλλὰ χρονίῳ σὺν Ἄρει πέφνεν τε ματέρα θῆκέ τʼ Αἴγισθον ἐν φοναῖς
      mántin t’ ólesse kóran, epeì amph’ Helénāi purōthéntōn Trṓōn éluse dómous habrótatos. ho d’ ára géronta xénon Stróphion exíketo, néa kephalá, Parnasoû póda naíont’; allà khroníōi sùn Árei péphnen te matéra thêké t’ Aígisthon en phonaîs
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    • 484 BCE – 425 BCE, Herodotus, The Histories 8.102.3:
      ἢν γὰρ σύ τε περιῇς καὶ οἶκος ὁ σός, πολλοὺς πολλάκις ἀγῶνας δραμέονται περὶ σφέων αὐτῶν οἱ Ἕλληνες. Μαρδονίου δέ, ἤν τι πάθῃ, λόγος οὐδεὶς γίνεται, οὐδέ τι νικῶντες οἱ Ἕλληνες νικῶσι, δοῦλον σὸν ἀπολέσαντες· σὺ δέ, τῶν εἵνεκα τὸν στόλον ἐποιήσαο, πυρώσας τὰς Ἀθήνας ἀπελᾷς.”
      ḕn gàr sú te periēîs kaì oîkos ho sós, polloùs pollákis agônas draméontai perì sphéōn autôn hoi Héllēnes. Mardoníou dé, ḗn ti páthēi, lógos oudeìs gínetai, oudé ti nikôntes hoi Héllēnes nikôsi, doûlon sòn apolésantes; sù dé, tôn heíneka tòn stólon epoiḗsao, purṓsas tàs Athḗnas apelāîs.”
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    1. to burn on a pyre
    2. (figurative) to burn with passion
      • 1 Corinthians 7.9:
        εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἐγκρατεύονται, γαμησάτωσαν, κρεῖττον γάρ ἐστιν γαμῆσαι ἢ πυροῦσθαι.
        ei dè ouk enkrateúontai, gamēsátōsan, kreîtton gár estin gamêsai ḕ puroûsthai.
        • Translation by New International Version
          But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
  2. to roast, grill
  3. to suffer heart-burn
  4. (of gold) to be refined in fire
    • Revelation 3.18:
      συμβουλεύω σοι ἀγοράσαι παρ’ ἐμοῦ χρυσίον πεπυρωμένον ἐκ πυρὸς ἵνα πλουτήσῃς, καὶ ἱμάτια λευκὰ ἵνα περιβάλῃ καὶ μὴ φανερωθῇ ἡ αἰσχύνη τῆς γυμνότητός σου, καὶ κολλούριον ἐγχρῖσαι τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου ἵνα βλέπῃς.
      sumbouleúō soi agorásai par’ emoû khrusíon pepurōménon ek puròs hína ploutḗsēis, kaì himátia leukà hína peribálēi kaì mḕ phanerōthēî hē aiskhúnē tês gumnótētós sou, kaì kolloúrion enkhrîsai toùs ophthalmoús sou hína blépēis.
      • Translation by New International Version
        I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

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