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πυρφορ-έω ,
A.to be a torch-bearer, E.Tr.348: c. acc., “π. λαμπάδιον” Hld.4.1.
b. esp. to be a πυρφόρος or bearer of sacred fire, IG7.1776 (Thesp.); ὁ παῖς ὁ τῷ πυρφορῶν ib.42(1).121.43 (Epid., iv B.C.).
2. carry fire, “θεωρὶς ναῦς ἐκ Δήλου π.” Philostr.Her.19.14.
II. set on fire, A.Th.341 (lyr.): metaph., “ψυχήν” Charito 2.4.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (3):
    • Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, 341
    • Euripides, Trojan Women, 348
    • Chariton, De Chaerea et Callirhoe, 2.4
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