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1 πυρφόρος
πυρφόρ-ος (parox.), ον,A fire-bearing, esp. of lightning,π. κεραυνός Pi.N.10.71
, A.Th. 444, S.OC 1658; (lyr.);Διὸς ἔγχος Ar.Av. 1749
(lyr.);πυρφόρος αἰθέρος ἀστήρ Id.Th. 1050
(lyr.).b π. οἰστοί arrows with combustibles tied to them, so that they may set fire to woodwork, Th.2.75, Arr.An.2.21.3;τοῖς μὲν π... τοῖς δ' ἄλλοις βέλεσι D.S.20.96
; οἱ π. ibid.; πυρφόρα, τά, ib. 88; πυρφόρος, ὁ, engine for throwing fire, fire-dart, Plb.21.7.1 (dub.), Jul.Or.2.62d.II in special senses,1 epith. of several divinities, as of Zeus in reference to his lightnings, S.Ph. 1198 (anap.); of Demeter, prob. in reference to the torches used by her worshippers, E.Supp. 260; similarly π. θεαί of Demeter and Persephone, IG4.666.9 ([place name] Lerna), E.Ph. 687 (lyr.);π. Ἀρτέμιδος αἴγλας S.OT 206
(lyr.); Προμηθεὺς π. the Fire-bringer, title of a satyric play of A., cf.S.OC55; also of Capaneus, A.Th. 432, S.Ant. 135 (lyr.); of Eros, AP5.87 (Rufin.); but, θεὸς π. the fire-bearing god, the god who produces plague or fever, S.OT27.2 bearer of sacred fire in the worship of Asclepius, Ἀσκληπιοῦ δμῶα π. IG3.693; of the Syrian Goddess, Luc. Syr.D.42.b πυρφόρος, ὁ, in the Spartan army, the priest who kept the sacrificial fire, which was never allowed to go out, X.Lac.13.2: hence prov. of a total defeat,ἔδει δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον.. περιγενέσθαι Hdt.8.6
, cf. D.C.39.45; οὐκ ἔσται π. (v.l. πυροφόρος)τῷ οἴκῳ Ἠσαύ LXX Ob.18
.3 π. ἡ ἐκ Δελφῶν bearer of sacred fire from Delphi, SIG 711 D 22 (ii B.C.), cf. 728I (i B.C.);Φοίβου πυρφόροι IG4.666.15
([place name] Lerna); also in a Bacchic thiasos, AJA37.253 (Latium, ii A.D.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πυρφόρος
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