πυρσεύω
G8998 · purseuō · greek
to light a fire
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G8998 G:V
to light a fire
1. to light up, kindle , πυρσεύσας σέλας Εὐβοίαν having lit up Euboea with beacon-fires σέλας combining with the notion of the Verb), (Euripides) 2. to make signals by torches or beacon-fires , (Xenophon Historicus): metaphorically , πυρσεύετε κραυγὴν ἀγῶνος give a shout in signal of battle, (Euripides):—;Pass., δόξα ὥσπερ ἀπὸ σκοπῆς πυρσεύεται (Plutarch): impersonal , πυρσεύεται fire-signals are made , (Lucian) (ML)
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