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Étym<\/b>. πῦρ, φέρω.<\/p>" }, { "dictionary": "LSJ", "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)", "source": null, "description": "ον, fire-bearing<\/b>, esp. of lightning, π. κεραυνός Pi. N.<\/i> 10.71, A. Th.<\/i> 444, S. OC<\/i> 1658; ἀστραπαί Id. OT<\/i> 200 (lyr.); Διὸς ἔγχος Ar. Av.<\/i> 1749 (lyr.); πυρφόρος αἰθέρος ἀστήρ Id. Th.<\/i> 1050 (lyr.). π. οἰστοί arrows with combustibles tied to them<\/b>, so that they may set fire to woodwork, Th. 2.75, Arr. An.<\/i> 2.21.3; τοῖς μὲν π.… τοῖς δ’ ἄλλοις βέλεσι D.S. 20.96; οἱ π. ibid.<\/i> ; πυρφόρα, τά, ib.<\/i> 88; πυρφόρος, ὁ, engine for throwing fire, fire-dart<\/b>, Plb. 21.7.1 (dub.<\/font>), Jul. Or.<\/i> 2.62d. in special senses, epith. of several divinities, as of Zeus in reference to his lightnings<\/b>, S. Ph.<\/i> 1198 (anap.); of Demeter, prob. in reference to the torches<\/b> used by her worshippers, E. Supp.<\/i> 260; similarly π. θεαί of Demeter and Persephone, IG 4.666.9 (Lerna), E. Ph.<\/i> 687 (lyr.); π. Ἀρτέμιδος αἴγλας S. OT<\/i> 206 (lyr.); Προμηθεὺς π. the Fire-bringer<\/b>, title of a satyric play of A., cf. S. OC<\/i> 55; also of Capaneus, A. Th.<\/i> 432, S. Ant.<\/i> 135 (lyr.); of Eros, AP<\/i> 5.87 (Rufin.); but, θεὸς π.the fire-bearing<\/b> god, the god who produces plague<\/b> or fever<\/b>, S. OT<\/i> 27.bearer of sacred fire<\/b> in the worship of Asclepius, Ἀσκληπιοῦ δμῶα π. IG 3.693; of the Syrian Goddess, Luc. Syr. D.<\/i> 42. πυρφόρος, ὁ, in the Spartan army, the priest who kept the sacrificial fire<\/b>, which was never allowed to go out, X. Lac.<\/i> 13.2; hence prov.<\/i><\/b> of a total defeat, ἔδει δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον… περιγενέσθαι Hdt. 8.6, cf. D.C. 39.45; οὐκ ἔσται π. (v.l.<\/font> πυροφόρος) τῷ οἴκῳ Ἠσαύ LXX Ob. 18. π. ἡ ἐκ Δελφῶν bearer of sacred fire<\/b> from Delphi, SIG 711 D 22 (ii BC), cf. 728 I (i BC); Φοίβου πυρφόροι IG 4.666.15 (Lerna); also in a Bacchic thiasos, AJA<\/i> 37.253 (Latium, ii AD)." }, { "dictionary": "Pape", "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)", "source": null, "description": "Feuer tragend, bringend<\/i> ; κεραυνός, Blitz, Pind. N<\/i>. 10.71, wie Aesch. Spt<\/i>. 425 ; Soph. O.C<\/i>. 1654, O.R<\/i>. 200 ; ἀνήρ, Aesch. Spt<\/i>. 414 ; bei Soph. Ant<\/i>. 135 heißt Kapaneus so, der die Fackel schwang<\/i> ; auch ἀστεροπητής, Zeus, Phil<\/i>. 1183 ; und Prometheus, O.C<\/i>. 55 ; aber auch von der Pest, O.R<\/i>. 27 ; von Fackeln, τὰς πυρφόρους Ἀρτέμιδος αἴγλας, O.R<\/i>. 206 ; θεά, Demeter, Eur. Suppl<\/i>. 260 ; ἀστήρ, Ar. Th<\/i>. 1050 ; ἔγχος Διός, Av<\/i>. 1745. – Im Heere der Lazedämonier hieß so der Priester, der das ewige Opferfeuer im Brand erhielt<\/i>, Xen. Lac<\/i>. 13.2 (vgl. Poll. 1.14, 8.116); dah. sprichwörtlich von einer gänzlichen Niederlage ἔδει δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον περιγενέσθαι<\/font>, Her. 8.6. – Von einer Maschine, mit welcher Feuer auf die feindlichen Schiffe geschleudert wird, Pol. 21.5.1 ; auch ὀϊστοί, Thuc. 2.75, Brandpfeile<\/i>, die zünden, wohin sie treffen ; – ἀγγεῖον, ein Feuermaterie enthaltendes Gefäß<\/i>, Poll. 10.104." }, { "dictionary": "TBESG", "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars", "source": null, "description": "1. fire-bearing <\/b>, [Aeschulus Tragicus (6th\/5th c.BC)]; of lightning, [Pindar (Refs 5th c.BC), Aeschulus Tragicus (6th\/5th c.BC)]:—; πυρφόροι ὀϊστοί arrows with combustibles tied to them <\/b>, [Thucydides (Refs 5th c.BC)] 2. in special senses, 3. epithet<\/i> of Zeus in reference to his lightnings, [Sophocles Tragicus (Refs 5th c.BC)]; of Demeter, in reference to the torches used by her worshippers, [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)]; of Artemis, [Sophocles Tragicus (Refs 5th c.BC)]; but θεὸς πυρφόρος the fire-bearing <\/b> god, the god who produces plague <\/b> or fever <\/b>, [Sophocles Tragicus (Refs 5th c.BC)] 4. ὁ πυρφόρος, in the Lacedaemonian army, was the priest who kept the sacrificial fire <\/b>, which was never allowed to go out, [Xenophon Historicus (5th\/4th c.BC)]; hence proverbial<\/i> of a total defeat, ἔδεε δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον περιγενέσθαι [Herdotus Historicus (Refs 5th c.BC)] (ML)" } ] } ] }