Ζωπυρῆσαι
to kindle
Translated by David Whitehead27 May 2005Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ζωπυρῆσαι· ἀναθάλψαι. ἐκ μεταφορᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πυρός, ἐπὶ τοὺς ἐξ ἀρρωστίας ἀναρωννυμένους λέγουσιν Ἀττικοί. Ζωπυρῆσαι κυρίως ἐστὶ τὸ ἐκ μικροῦ σπινθῆρος φυσῶντα μεγάλην φλόγα ἀνάψαι. καὶ ἐπὶ πολέμου δὲ λέγεται.
Betacode
*zwpurh=sai: a)naqa/lyai. e)k metafora=s a)po\ tou= puro/s, e)pi\ tou\s e)c a)rrwsti/as a)narwnnume/nous le/gousin *)attikoi/. *zwpurh=sai kuri/ws e)sti\ to\ e)k mikrou= spinqh=ros fusw=nta mega/lhn flo/ga a)na/yai. kai\ e)pi\ pole/mou de\ le/getai.
Notes (3)
Linked from4 entries
- ζ151Ζώπυραsparks, spark-producers[Meaning] bellows, which enable smiths to blow up the fire.
- ζ153Ζωπυρεῖsparks up, kindles into flame[Meaning he/she/it] causes to revive, or sets alight.
- ζ155Ζωπυρήσειςyou will inflame, you will kindleMeaning you will whip up. "If, by the two goddesses, you inflame [me], I will let loose my own son, and I will today personally make you, shorn, cry for the demesmen [to help you]".
- υ574Ὑποσκάλευεstir underneath[Meaning] blow up, kindle into flame; Aristophanes [writes]: "stir the fire underneath."
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