2. pl. puvrsa , watch-fires, Eur.
pursov" , hv, ovn , old Att. for purrov" .
pursotovko"
purso-tovko" , on , ( tivktw ) fire-producing, p. livqo" a flint, Anth.
purswvdh"
pur"-wvdh" , e" , ( ei\do" ) like a firebrand, Eur.
purforevw
purforevw , f. hvsw , to be a purfovro" , to carry a torch, Eur.
II. to set on fire, Aesch.
purfovro"
pur-fovro" , on , ( fevrw ) fire-bearing, Aesch .; of lightning, Pind. , Aesch. :— purfovroi oji>stoiv arrows with combustibles tied to them, Thuc.
II.
in special senses,
1.
epith. of Zeus in reference to his lightnings,
Soph.
; of Demeter, in reference to the torches used by her worshippers,
Eur.
; of Artemis,
Soph.
; —but
qeo;" purfovro"
the fire-bearing
god, the god
who produces plague
or
fever,
Id.
2. oJ purfovro" , in the Lacedaemonian army, was the priest who kept the sacrificial fire, which was never allowed to go out, Xen. ; hence proverb. of a total defeat, e[dee de; mhde; purfovron perigenevsqai Hdt.
purwvdh"
puØr-wvdh" , e" , ( ei\do" ) like fire, fiery, Ar ., etc.
purwpov"
puØr-wpov" , ovn , ( w[y ) fiery-eyed, fiery, Aesch.
puvsti"
puvsti" , ew", hJ , ( puqevsqai ) rarer form of peu`si" , enquiry, ta;" puvstei" ejrwtw`nte", eij . . introducing the questions whether. . , Thuc.
II. that which is learnt by asking, tidings, Aesch ., Eur. ; kata; puvstin h|/ cwroivh according as they learnt which way he was gone, Thuc. ; puvstei tw`n progenomevnwn by hearing of what was done before, Id.
putinai`o"
pu<Eth>ti<Eth>nai`o" , a, on , plaited with osier, ptera; putinai`a are given to Diitrephes, because he had grown rich by his trade of a basket-maker, Ar. From putivnh
putivnh
pu<Eth>tivnh »i<Eth>1/4, hJ , a flask covered with plaited osier.
pw`,
pw` ; Adv. , Sicil. Dor. for pou` ; where? Aesch.