A.burn with fire, burn up, “τὰς Ἀθήνας” Hdt.7.8.β́, 8.102; “στέγην” A.Fr.281; “ναούς” S.Ant.286; burn as a burnt sacrifice, “ὀσφῦν” A.Pr.497; “πυροῦτε σώματα” E.HF244; burn on a pyre, ἣν πεπύρωκαν (sic) “ἐγώ” Supp.Epigr.1.569 (Egypt); π. Κύκλωπος ὄψιν burn out his eye, E.Cyc.594, cf. 600:—Med., παῖδα πυρωσαμένη having placed my son on the pyre, AP7.466 (Leon.):—Pass., to be set on fire, to be burnt, “πυρωθέντων Τρώων” Pi.P.11.33; “Ἴλιον πυρούμενον” E.Andr.400, cf. Tr. 1283; “πυρωθῆναι δέμας” Id.IT685, cf. Med.1190, Parth. in PLit.Lond. 64.6, Ph.1.256.
c. ἡ ζεστολουσία . . πυροῦσα τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν reddening or warming up the surface, Theon ap.Gal.6.208.
2. metaph., set on fire, inflame, “Ἔρως σὺ δ᾽ εὐθέως με πύρωσον” Anacreont. 10.15:—Pass., to be inflamed or excited, “παραγγέλμασιν . . πυρωθεὶς καρδίαν” A.Ag.481 (lyr.); τινι by a person (with love), AP12.87; “εὐχαριστίᾳ” Ph.1.60, cf. 2 Ep.Cor.11.29.
II. abs., produce fire, Arist. PA649b5:—Pass., to become fire, to be ignited, Pl.Ti.51b, 52d, Arist. Cael.307a24, al.
III. treat with fire: roast, grill, Hp.Vict.2.56; bake, “πλίνθους” Ph.1.420; “τὸ σταῖς” Arist.Pr.927b39, cf. 929b12 (Pass.); warm on the fire, Agatharch.61 (Pass.); melt, [ἀργυρώματα] IG7.303.15 (Oropus, iii B.C.); make red hot, Ph.1.625 (Pass.); fumigate, “δῶμα θεείῳ” Theoc.24.96; cauterize, Arist.HA515b18 (Pass.).
3. of gold, to be proved or tested by fire, “χρυσίον πεπυρωμένον ἐκ πυρός” Apoc.3.18: metaph., proved by fire, approved, LXX Ps.17 (18).31, 118 (119).140, Ph.1.57.
4. to be affected by heart-burn, Herod.Med. ap. Aët.9.2.