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Headword: *)ekzwpurh=sai
Adler number: epsilon,423
Translated headword: to inflame
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] to kindle. Properly, to stir up a big flame out of something small by blowing. The metaphor [comes] from coals.
Greek Original:
*)ekzwpurh=sai: a)na/yai. kuri/ws to\ e)k mikrou= fusw=nta mega/lhn flo/ga kinh=sai. h( metafora\ a)po\ tw=n a)nqra/kwn.
Note:
From the scholia to Aristophanes Peace 310, where e)kzwpurh/set' ["you will inflame"] occurs (web address 1); the present headword is aorist infinitive of the same verb.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; poetry; science and technology
Translated by: William Hutton on 31 October 2006@08:04:57.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 31 October 2006@08:26:21.
David Whitehead (my typo) on 31 October 2006@08:34:30.
Catharine Roth (typo) on 31 October 2006@10:43:42.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 3 August 2012@07:30:10.

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