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πυρφόρος (purphoros) a fire-bearer ^G:A

πυρφόρος-ος

(paroxytone), ον, fire-bearing, especially of lightning, π. κεραυνός [πυρφόροςος αἰθέρος ἀστήρ [prev. author] “Th.” 1050 (Lyric poetry). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__b π. οἰστοί arrows with combustibles tied to them, so that they may set fire to woodwork, [πυρφόροςα, τά, [prev. work] 88 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; πυρφόροςος, ὁ, engine for throwing fire, fire-dart, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II in special senses,
__II.1 epithet of several divinities, as of Zeus in reference to his lightnings, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Demeter, probably in reference to the torches used by her worshippers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; similarly π. θεαί of Demeter and Persephone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Προμηθεὺς π. the Fire-bringer, title of a satyric play of [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of Capaneus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Eros, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but, θεὸς π. the fire-bearing god, the god who produces plague or fever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 bearer of sacred fire in the worship of Asclepius, Ἀσκληπιοῦ δμῶα π. [Refs]; of the Syrian Goddess, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2.b πυρφόροςος, ὁ, in the Spartan army, the priest who kept the sacrificial fire, which was never allowed to go out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence proverbial of a total defeat, ἔδει δὲ μηδὲ πυρφόροςον.. περιγενέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔσται π. (variant{πυροφόρος}) τῷ οἴκῳ Ἠσαύ [Refs]
__II.3 π. ἡ ἐκ Δελφῶν bearer of sacred fire from Delphi, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Φοίβου πυρφόροςοι [Refs]; also in a Bacchic thiasos, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]