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πῦρ (once πύυρ [^ _^] by 'distraction', Simon.59 codd. Hdn.Gr. (Rh.Mus.35.101, 38.378)), τό, gen. πυ^ρός; not used in pl.,
b. fire, light, or heat of the sun, θερινὸν π., opp. χειμών, Pi.P.3.50, cf. Pl.Lg. 865b; of the stars, “π. πνείοντα ἄστραS.Ant.1146 (lyr.); summer solstice, Alcm.79, Paul.Al.A.3.
6. flame of torches, S.Ant.964 (lyr.), etc.; π. εὐάγγελον, ἄγγαρον, πομπόν, of the beacon fire, A. Ag.21,282,299.
7. fever heat, violent fever, πῦρ ἔλαβέν [τινα] Hp. Epid.1.26.ή, al.; “ δ᾽ ἔχων θέρμαν καὶ π. ἧκενAr.Fr.690; “τεταρταίῳ πυρίCall.Aet.3.1.17; “π. ἄγριονHp.Epid.7.20 (of erysipelas acc. to Gal.19.134).
II. phrases, ἐν πυρὶ γενέσθαι to be consumed, come to nothing, Il.2.340; φεύγων καπνὸν εἰς πῦρ δεσποτείας ἐμπεπτωκώς 'out of the frying pan into the fire, Pl.R.569b, cf. Prov. ap. Simp.in Epict. p.72 D.; “ἦν ἄρα πυρός γ᾽ ἕτερα θερμότεραAr.Eq.382; πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ ἐγχεῖν, ἄγειν, φέρειν, ἐπεισφέρειν, Cratin.18, Ar.Fr.453, Arist.Pr.880a21, Plu.2.61a; εἰς π. ξαίνειν 'plough the sands', Pl.Lg.780c; “βασανίζειν χρυσὸν ἐν πυρίId.R.413e, cf. Plb.21.20.7: as a type of things irresistible or terrible, “ἀντίος εἶμι, καὶ εἰ πυρὶ χεῖρας ἔοικεIl.20.371; “μάρναντο δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο11.596, al.; “Ἕκτωρ πυρὸς αἰνὸν ἔχει μένος17.565, cf. 6.182; so “τὸ πεπρωμένον οὐ π. σχήσειPi.Fr.232; “κρεῖσσον ἀμαιμακέτου πυρόςS.OT177; “οὐδὲν θηρίον γυναικὸς ἀμαχώτερον, οὐδὲ π.Ar.Lys.1015; “ἀναρχία κρείσσων πυρόςE.Hec.608; “ἐχίδνης καὶ πυρὸς περαιτέρωId.Andr.271; so διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι (as we say) to go through fire and water, dash through any danger, X.Smp.4.16, cf. Oec.21.7, Ar.Lys.133; but διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ she raged furiously against the other partner of the bed, E.Andr.487 (lyr.); “διὰ πυρὸς ἔμολον ματρίId.El.1183 (lyr.); “σωθήσεται οὕτω δὲ ὡς διὰ πυρός1 Ep.Cor.3.15; “εἰς π. ἅλλεσθαιX.Mem. 1.3.9; “κἂν εἰς π. ἐμβαῖενLib.Ep.314.3; “π. διέρπεινS.Ant.265; of persons, “ π. σύ . . Id.Ph.927; of Hannibal, Plu.Flam.21: metaph. of anxious hope, “θάλπει τῷδ᾽ ἀνηκέστῳ πυρίS.El.888; of love, “ἀρσενικῷ θέρεται π.Call.Epigr.27.5, cf. 45.2. (Cf. Arm. hur, OE. fyr 'fire', etc.)
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