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πυρακτόω

πυρακτόω, to harden in the fire; strike with a weapon of that quality

πῠρακτ-όω,
  • = πυρακτέω I, harden in the fire, βέλη, ξύλα, Plu. QConv. 2.624b, Amat. 762b; ξύλα, τόξα, βέλη πεπυρακτωμένα, D.S. 3.25, Str. 17.2.3, Scyl. 112; πυρακτωθεὶς τὸν μηρόν wounded by such a weapon, dub.l. in Luc. Tox. 55; πεπυρακτῶσθαι, opp. ἐψύχθαι, S.E. M. 10.164, 165.
      • 2 heat a cautery-iron, in Pass., Leonid. ap. Paul.Aeg. 6.44, Gal. 14.280.
    • II metaph. in Pass., to be inflamed, ζήλῳ Hld. 2.9.

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