ΠΡΟΣΕΜΠΙΠΡΗΣΙΝ, προσεμπιπρησιν
PROSEMPIPRĒSIN, prosempiprēsin
Sounds Like: pros-em-PIP-ree-sin
Translations: to set on fire, to burn up, to burn completely
From the root: ΠΙΜΠΡΗΜΙ, ΠΡΟΣ, ΕΝ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the root 'ΠΙΜΠΡΗΜΙ' (to burn) with the prefixes 'ΠΡΟΣ-' (in addition to, toward) and 'ΕΝ-' (in, into). It means to set something on fire, often implying a complete or thorough burning, or burning in addition to something else. It describes the action of causing something to be consumed by fire.
Inflection: Infinitive, Aorist, Active
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:207
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΠΙΜΠΡΗΜΙ, ΠΡΟΣ, ΕΝ, appear in our texts.
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