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θερμός

thermos

hot

Appears 15 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

θερμός, ή, όν (but θερμὸς ἀϋτμή h.Merc. 110, Hes. Th. 696): (θέρω):— A. hot, θ. λοετρά Il. 14.6, cf. Od. 8.249; θ. λουτρά Pi. O. 12.19, S. Tr. 634 (lyr.), Pl. Lg. 761c, etc.; δάκρυα Od. 19.362; of water, ib.388; of glowing wood, 9.388; θ. καύματα Hdt. 3.104 (Sup.); ἦν ἄρα πυρὸς ἕτερα -ότερα Ar. Eq. 382: freq. in Att., of hot meals or drinks, Telecl. 1.8, 32, Pherecr. 130.8, etc.; of blood, S. OC 622,Aj. 1411 (anap.); -οτάταν αἱμάδα Id. Ph. 696; of fever, θ. νόσοι Pi. P. 3.66; θ. σῶμα feverish, Th. 2.49. II. metaph., hot-headed, hasty, freq. of persons, A. Th. 603, Eu. 560 (lyr.), Ar. V. 918, etc.; θ. καὶ ἀνδρεῖος Antipho 2.4.5; of actions, πολλὰ καὶ θ. μοχθήσας S. Tr. 1046; θ. ἔργον Ar. Pl. 415; δρᾶν τι νεανικὸν καὶ θ. Amphis 33.10; θ. ἐπὶ ψυχροῖσι καρδίαν ἔχεις S. Ant. 88; θ. πόθος AP 5.114 (Phld.); φάρμακον Alciphr. 1.37 (Comp.): c. inf., θερμότερος ἐπιχειρεῖν Antipho 2.1.7: Sup., ὦ θερμόταται γυναῖκες Ar. Th. 735. 2. still warm, fresh, ἴχνη AP 9.371; ἀτυχήματα Plu. 2.798f; θ. κακά, opp. ἕωλα, ib.517f; γάμοι θ. καὶ ἴσως αὔριον Philostr. VA 4.25. III. τὸ θ.,= θερμότης, heat, Hdt. 1.142, Pl. Cra. 413c, etc. 2. θ. (sc. ὕδωρ), τό, hot water, θερμῷ λοῦσθαι, βάπτειν, Ar. Nu. 1044, Ec. 216; θερμῷ κεκραμένος οἶνος Gal. 11.56; also, hot drink, Arr. Epict. 1.13.2. 3. θερμόν, τό, grace, favour, θ. εὑρεῖν ἐν ἐρήμῳ LXXJe. 38(31).2. 4. τὰ θ. (sc. χωρία) Hdt. 4.29; but (sc. λουτρά), hot springs, X. HG 4.5.3; τὰ θ. τοῦ Ἡρακλέους Str. 9.4.2. IV. Adv. -μῶς Pl. Euthd. 284e: Comp. -ότερον, ἔχειν Eub. 7.1: neut. pl. as Adv., θερμὰ θερμὰ πηδῶσαι Herod. 4.61.
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