πυρπολέω

A. light and keep up a fire, watch a fire, Od. 10.30, X. Cyr. 3.3.25; π. τοὺς ἄνθρακας stir up, fan the fire, Ar. Av. 1580.

II. burn with fire, Id. Th. 727; τινα, of the bull of Phalaris, Phalar. Ep. 66.2:—Pass., Phld. Piet. 89.

2. waste with fire, burn and destroy, τὴν οἰκίαν Ar. Nu. 1497; πόλιν Id. V. 1079; π. καὶ καίουσι καὶ σφάττουσι Luc. Cal. 19:—Med., πᾶσαν πυρπολέεσθαι [τὴν ’αττικήν] cause it to be burnt with fire, Hdt. 8.50.

3. assail with fiery missiles, τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ πύργῳ τοξότας Palaeph. 38, cf. 40.

4. metaph., ὥσπερ ἡ χίμαιρα π. τοὺς βαρβάρους, of a ἑταίρα, Anaxil. 22.9, cf. Men. Mon. 195; also of disease or pain, Nic. Th. 245,364; of love, Ach.Tat. 1.11.