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πύρι^νος [υ^], η, ον, （πῦρ)
A.of fire, fiery, “σῶμα” Arist.de An.435a12, cf. GC326a31; εἰ . . ὁ ἀὴρ μὴ πῦρ, ἀλλὰ π. Id.Metaph.1049a26; “ἄστρα” Id.Cael.289a16; “δοκίς” D.S.15.50; “θώρακες” Apoc.9.17; “π. κλῇθρα” PMag.Par.1.589; π. νύμφαι hot springs, AP14.52; π. φάρμακον fiery drug, prob. arsenic, Maria ap.Zos.Alch.p.201 B.
II. metaph., π. πόλεμος bitter, obstinate war, Plb.35.1.6, D.S.31.40.
2. π. ἀσπαστικόν fiery greeting, PMag.Par.1.638.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 15.50
    • New Testament, Revelation, 9.17
    • Polybius, Histories, 35.1.6
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