πυρφόρος

πυρφόρ-ος (parox.), ον,

• fire-bearing, esp. of lightning, π. κεραυνός Pi. N. 10.71, A. Th. 444, S. OC 1658; ἀστραπαί Id. OT 200 (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 δʼ 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, IG 4.666.9 (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. OC 55; also of Capaneus, A. Th. 432, S. Ant. 135 (lyr.); of Eros, AP 5.87 (Rufin.); but, θεὸς π. the fire-bearing god, the god who produces plague or fever, S. OT 27.
    • 2 bearer of sacred fire in the worship of Asclepius, Ἀσκληπιοῦ δμῶα π. IG 3.693; 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 IG 4.666.15 (Lerna); also in a Bacchic thiasos, AJA 37.253 (Latium, ii A.D.).

πυρφόρος, Feuer tragend, bringend ; κεραυνός, Blitz, Pind. N. 10.71, wie Aesch. Spt. 425 ; Soph. O.C. 1654, O.R. 200 ; ἀνήρ, Aesch. Spt. 414 ; bei Soph. Ant. 135 heißt Kapaneus so, der die Fackel schwang ; auch ἀστεροπητής, Zeus, Phil. 1183 ; und Prometheus, O.C. 55 ; aber auch von der Pest, O.R. 27 ; von Fackeln, τὰς πυρφόρους Ἀρτέμιδος αἴγλας, O.R. 206 ; θεά, Demeter, Eur. Suppl. 260 ; ἀστήρ, Ar. Th. 1050 ; ἔγχος Διός, Av. 1745. – Im Heere der Lazedämonier hieß so der Priester, der das ewige Opferfeuer im Brand erhielt, Xen. Lac. 13.2 (vgl. Poll. 1.14, 8.116); dah. sprichwörtlich von einer gänzlichen Niederlage ἔδει δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον περιγενέσθαι, 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, die zünden, wohin sie treffen ; – ἀγγεῖον, ein Feuermaterie enthaltendes Gefäß, Poll. 10.104.

πυρφόρος

• 1firebearing Ζεὺς δʼ ἐπʼ Ἴδᾳ πυρφόρον πλᾶξε ψολόεντα κεραυνόν N. 10.71 “ἔδοξε γὰρ τεκεῖν πυρφόρον ἐρι[ ] Ἑκατόγχειρα” (v. τίκτω) Πα. 8A. 20.

πυρφόρος πυρ-φόρος, ον, φέρω

• • Ifire-bearing, Aesch.; of lightning, Pind., Aesch.:— πυρφόροι ὀϊστοί arrows with combustibles tied to them, Thuc.
  • IIin special senses,
  • • 1epith. of Zeus in reference to his lightnings, Soph.; of Demeter, in reference to the torches used by her worshippers, Eur.; of Artemis, Soph.; —but θεὸς πυρφόρος the fire-bearing god, the god who produces plague or fever, Soph.
    • 2ὁ πυρφόρος, in the Lacedaemonian army, was the priest who kept the sacrificial fire, which was never allowed to go out, Xen.; hence proverb. of a total defeat, ἔδεε δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόρον περιγενέσθαι Hdt.