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 E. Ion 527, 974; part. nom. pl. πιμπράντες Th. 6.94; inf. πιμπράναι A. Pers. 810, E. Tr. 81, (ἐμ-) Plb. 11.5.6, etc.: impf. ἐν-επίμπρην Th. 6.94; 3pl. ἐνεπίμπρασαν X. HG 6.5.32 :—other tenses formed from πρήθω (q. v.): fut. πρήσω A. Th. 434, (ἐμ-) Il. 9.242, etc.: aor. ἔπρησα 2.415, E. Andr. 390, etc.; 3sg. shortd. ἔπρεσε Hes. Th. 856: pf. πέπρηκα (ὑπο-, ἐμ-, κατα-) Hp. Ep. 17, Alciphr. 1.32, D.C. 59.16:—Med., Nic. Al. 345: aor. ἐπρησάμην (ἐν-) Q.S. 5.485:—Pass., fut. πρησθήσομαι LXXNu. 5.27; πεπρήσομαι (v.l. πρήσομαι (ἐμ-)) Hdt. 6.9: aor. ἐπρήσθην Hp. Nat.Mul. 10, Amphis 30.10 (dub.), (ἐν-) Hdt. 8.55, Pl. Grg. 469e: pf. (ἐμ-) πέπρησμαι Hdt. 8.144, Paus. 2.5.5; but πέπρημαι is the Att. form acc. to Phot. s.v. σέσωται, and ἐμ-πέπρημαι is found in Ar. V. 36 cod. Rav.; imper. πέπρησο Pherecr. 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 S. Ant. 201, cf.E. Tr. 81; πρῆσαι δὲ πυρὸς . . θύρετρα Il. 2.415, cf.9.242 (v.l.); without πυρί or πυρός, Hes. Th. 856; πρήσω πόλιν A. Th. 434, cf. Pers. 810; δῶμα E. Andr. 390, etc.:—Pass., πίμπραμαι to be burnt, Ar. Lys. 341; πέπρησο burn with fever, Pherecr. 80, cf. SIG 1180.10 (Cnidus); of wounds, to be inflamed, Nic. Th. 306 (but intr. in Act. πίμπρησι δὲ χείλη Id. Al. 438): metaph., ἐπί τινι πίμπρασθαι Luc. Jud.Voc. 8; ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίοις App. Ital. 3. II. = πρήθω I.1, blow up, distend, in Pass., Hp. Nat.Mul. 10, Flat. 8, Nic. Al. 477, Act.Ap. 28.6 (v.l.); ἐπέπρητο ὅλα IG 42(1).122.123 (Epid.) :—Act., Arist. HA 522b28, Dsc. 4.32. (Cf. Russ. prèt’ ‘sweat’, ‘stew’.)
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