πυρσεύω
purseuōVerbG8998
to light a fire
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1.to light up, kindle, *πυρσεύσας σέλας Εὐβοίαν *having lit up Euboea with beacon-fires *σέλας *combining with the notion of the Verb), (Euripides)
2.to make signals by torches or beacon-fires, (Xenophon Historicus): metaphorically, *πυρσεύετε κραυγὴν ἀγῶνος *give a shout in signal of battle, (Euripides):—;Pass., *δόξα ὥσπερ ἀπὸ σκοπῆς πυρσεύεται *(Plutarch): impersonal, *πυρσεύεται *fire-signals are made, (Lucian)
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