(pres. not in Hom. who has impf. ἐνέπρηθον, v. ἐμπρήθω), 3 pl. impf. ἐνεπίμπρασαν Th. 6.94; also (as if from ἐμπιπράω) inf. ἐμπιπρᾶν Plu. Cor. 26; part. ἐμπιπρῶν Plb. 1.53.4; impf. ἐνεπίμπρων X. HG 6.5.22; fut. ἐνιπρήσω Il. 15.702, ἐμπρήσω Ar. Th. 749, 3 pl. -πρήσοντι Tab.Heracl. 1.145; aor.1 ἐνέπρησα Hom., etc. ; aor.1 Med. ἐνεπρησάμην PTeb. 61 (b).289 (ii BC), Q.S. 5.485; — Pass., part. ἐμπιπράμενος Hdt. 1.19; fut. ἐμπεπρήσομαι (v.l. ἐμπρήσομαι, as in Id. 6.9), Paus. 4.7.10; Ep. inf. ἐνιπρήσεσθαι Q.S. 1.494; aor. ἐνεπρήσθην Hdt. 5.102, 6.25, Th. 4.29, etc. ; pf. ἐμπέπρησμαι Hdt. 8.144 (v.l. -πέπρημαι), Ph. 1.391: — kindle, set on fire, πυρὶ νῆας Il. 8.182, al. ; τῷ Λημνίῳ… πυρὶ ἔμπρησον S. Ph. 801; τὸν [νηὸν] ἐνέπρησαν Hdt. 1.19, cf. 5.101, al. ; c. gen., πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο νῆας ἐνιπρήσωσι burn them by force of fire, Il. 16.82; ἐμπιμπράναι οἰκίαν Ar. Nu. 1484, cf. Pl. R. 471c; — Pass., to be set on fire, Hdt. 1.19, etc. ; ῥίζαι πεπρησμέναι Ph. l.c. ; to be inflamed, Aret. SA 2.10; metaph of anger, Luc. Cat. 12. (Freq. written ἐμπίπρ- in codd., but cf. ἐμπιμπράντων Phld. Ir. p. 53 W.)

s. ἐμπίπρημι.

to kindle, burn, set on fire , (Iliad by Homer); also with genitive, πυρὸς νῆας ἐνιπρῆσαι to burn them by force of fire, (Iliad by Homer):—;Pass. to be on fire , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)