πίμπρημι
pimpremi
burn, burn up
Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πίμπρημι, pres. and impf. non-thematic; imper. πίμπρη Ion 527, 974; part. nom. pl. πιμπράντες 6.94; inf. πιμπράναι Pers. 810, Tr. 81, (ἐμ-) 11.5.6, etc.: impf. ἐν-επίμπρην 6.94; 3pl. ἐνεπίμπρασαν HG 6.5.32 :—other tenses formed from πρήθω (q. v.): fut. πρήσω Th. 434, (ἐμ-) Il. 9.242, etc.: aor. ἔπρησα 2.415, Andr. 390, etc.; 3sg. shortd. ἔπρεσε Th. 856: pf. πέπρηκα (ὑπο-, ἐμ-, κατα-) Ep. 17, 1.32, 59.16:—Med., Al. 345: aor. ἐπρησάμην (ἐν-) 5.485:—Pass., fut. πρησθήσομαι Nu. 5.27; πεπρήσομαι (v.l. πρήσομαι (ἐμ-)) 6.9: aor. ἐπρήσθην Nat.Mul. 10, 30.10 (dub.), (ἐν-) 8.55, Grg. 469e: pf. (ἐμ-) πέπρησμαι 8.144, 2.5.5; but πέπρημαι is the Att. form acc. to s.v. σέσωται, and ἐμ-πέπρημαι is found in V. 36 cod. Rav.; imper. πέπρησο 80.—Collat. pres. ἐμ-πιπράω (v. ἐμπίμπρημι).—In the compd. ἐμπίμπρημι (q. v.; more freq. in Prose) the second μ is sts. dropped, as ἐμπίπρημι; but returns with the augm., as ἐνεπίμπρασαν; cf. πίμπλημι :—A. burn, burn up, γῆν . . πυρὶ πρῆσαι κατάκρας Ant. 201, cf. Tr. 81; πρῆσαι δὲ πυρὸς . . θύρετρα Il. 2.415, cf.9.242 (v.l.); without πυρί or πυρός, Th. 856; πρήσω πόλιν Th. 434, cf. Pers. 810; δῶμα Andr. 390, etc.:—Pass., πίμπραμαι to be burnt, Lys. 341; πέπρησο burn with fever, 80, cf. SIG 1180.10 (Cnidus); of wounds, to be inflamed, Th. 306 (but intr. in Act. πίμπρησι δὲ χείλη Al. 438): metaph., ἐπί τινι πίμπρασθαι Jud.Voc. 8; ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίοις Ital. 3. II. = πρήθω I.1, blow up, distend, in Pass., Nat.Mul. 10, Flat. 8, Al. 477, Act.Ap. 28.6 (v.l.); ἐπέπρητο ὅλα IG 42(1).122.123 (Epid.) :—Act., HA 522b28, 4.32. (Cf. Russ. prèt’ ‘sweat’, ‘stew’.)
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