ἐκπυρόω

ekpyroo

burn to ashes, consume utterly

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

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Meteorology 12
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Book I 8
Chapter 1 338a20–339a10

338b23

Chapter 3 339a33–341a36

340b13
341a18
341a32
341a34

Chapter 5 342a34–342b24

342b2
342b22

Chapter 7 344a5–345a10

344a14
Book II 1
Chapter 9 369a10–370a33

369b5
Book III 3
Chapter 1 370b3–371b17

371a15
371a23

Chapter 6 377a29–378b6

378a21
On the Heavens 4
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Book II 4
Chapter 7 289a11–35

289a21
289a24
289a25
289a29

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκπυρόω, A. burn to ashes, consume utterly, E. IA 1070(lyr.); ὕδραν Id. HF 421 (lyr.). 2. set on fire, Arist. Mete. 341a18. II. Pass., catch fire, ib.342b2, Onos. 19.3 : a term used in the Stoic philos. to express the tendency of all things to pass into fire, Zeno Stoic. 2.182, etc. 2. to be burnt up, λαμπάσιν κεραυνίαις E. Ba. 244, cf. Corn. ND 17. 3. to be much heated, prob. in Hp. Vict. 1.25, f.l. in Aph. 7.38 ; to become red-hot, Plb. 12.25.2. III. heat, warm, βαλανεῖα Philostr. VA 1.16.

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