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                    "description": "<b>πυρπολέω-ῶ :<br\/>      1<\/b> se tenir auprès du feu, OD. <i>10, 30 ; d’où<\/i> entretenir le feu, AR. <i>Av. 1580 ;<\/i> XÉN. <i>Cyr. 3, 3, 25 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> consumer par le feu, <i>acc<\/i>. AR. <i>Nub. 1497, Vesp. 1079 ;<\/i> POL. <i>39, 2, 8 ; joint à<\/i> καίειν <i>et à<\/i> σφάττειν, LUC. <i>Cal. 19 ; fig<\/i>. consumer par la fièvre, <i>en parl. de la douleur,<\/i> NIC. <i>Th. 245, 364 ; de l’amour,<\/i> ANACR. <i>63, 6 ;<\/i> A. TAT. <i>1, 11, etc. ;<\/i><br\/><br\/><b style='color:darkblue'><i>Moy.<\/i><\/b> consumer par le feu, HDT. <i>8, 50<\/i>.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. πυρπόλος.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "<b>light and keep up a fire, watch a fire<\/b>, <i>Od.<\/i> 10.30, X. <i>Cyr.<\/i> 3.3.25; π. τοὺς ἄνθρακας <b>stir up, fan<\/b> the fire, Ar. <i>Av.<\/i> 1580.<br\/><b>burn with fire<\/b>, Id. <i>Th.<\/i> 727; τινα, of the bull of Phalaris, Phalar. Ep. 66.2; — Pass., Phld. <i>Piet.<\/i> 89.<br\/><b>waste with fire, burn and destroy<\/b>, τὴν οἰκίαν Ar. <i>Nu.<\/i> 1497; πόλιν Id. <i>V.<\/i> 1079; π. καὶ καίουσι καὶ σφάττουσι Luc. <i>Cal.<\/i> 19; — <i>Med.<\/i>, πᾶσαν πυρπολέεσθαι [τὴν Ἀττικήν] <b>cause<\/b> it <b>to be burnt with fire<\/b>, Hdt. 8.50.<br\/><b>assail with fiery missiles<\/b>, τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ πύργῳ τοξότας Palaeph. 38, cf. 40. <i>metaph<\/i>, ὥσπερ ἡ χίμαιρα π. τοὺς βαρβάρους, of a ἑταίρα, Anaxil. 22.9, cf. Men. <i>Mon.<\/i> 195; also of disease or pain, Nic. <i>Th.<\/i> 245, 364; of love, Ach.Tat. 1.11."
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                    "description": "<i>sich am Feuer beschäftigen, Feuer anzünden u. es unterhalten, Od<\/i>. 10.30 ; τοὺς ἄνθρακας, <i>Kohlen anfachen<\/i>, Ar. <i>Av<\/i>. 1580 ; ὄπισθεν τοῦ στρατοπέδου ἐπυρπόλουν, Xen. <i>Cyr<\/i>. 3.3.25 ; οἰ. κίαν, τὴν πόλιν, <i>mit Feuer verwüsten<\/i>, Ar. <i>Nub<\/i>. 1497, <i>Vesp<\/i>. 1079 ; so auch Her. 8.50, wo Einige es als depon. erklären ; χώραν, Pol. 3.82.10, 39.2.8, wie Luc. <i>Bacch<\/i>. 3 ; τὰ ἄστη, Plut. <i>Them<\/i>. 9 ; übh. <i>seugen, brennen<\/i>, ἄλγεα πυρπολέοντα, Nic. <i>Ther<\/i>. 245, 364."
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