ὑποκαίω

ὑποκαίω, Att. ὑποκάω,

• burn by applying fire below, τινὰς ζῶντας D.S. 20.71, cf. 19.108; burn underneath, ὀστέα Hdt. 4.61; ξύλα ὑ. τῷ τρίποδι under the tripod, Anon. ap. Eust. 1146.37; light sacrificial fires, cf. ὑποκλαίω.
• • • 2 light under, πῦρ Luc. Phal. 1.11:—Pass., Arist. Mete. 355a17.
    • 3 ὑ. λέβητα, [κακκάβην], light a fire under it, Gal. 13.37,6.707.
    • 4 heat a bath, PFlor. 127.4 (iii A. D.), PGiss. 40 ii 19 (iii A. D.).
  • II metaph. in Pass., ὑ. τινός to be inflamed by love for . ., Parth. 12.1, 23.2; to be inflamed, φλύκταιναι -όμεναι Ph. 2.101.

ὑποκαίω, (καίω), durch untergelegtes Feuer anbrennen, darunter anzünden ; ἐς λέβητας ἐσβάλλοντες ἕψουσι, ὑποκαίοντες τὰ ὀστέα τῶν ἱρηΐων Her. 4.61 ; Luc. Phal. 1.11 u. a.Sp.

ὑποκαίω Attic -κάω fut. -καύσω

• • • 1to burn by applying fire below, Hdt.: to offer secret sacrifices, Aesch.
    • 2to light under, Luc.