ὑποκαίω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὑποκαίω
ὑποκαύσω
Structure:
ὑπο
(Prefix)
+
καί
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to burn by applying fire below, to offer secret sacrifices
- to light under
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καὶ ἀνοίξασ ἅμα τὸν ταῦρον κατὰ τὰ νῶτα, Ἤν τινα, ἔφη, κολάζειν ἐθέλῃσ, ἐμβιβάσασ εἰσ τὸ μηχάνημα τοῦτο καὶ κατακλείσασ προστιθέναι μὲν τοὺσ αὐλοὺσ τούσδε πρὸσ τοὺσ μυξωτῆρασ τοῦ βοόσ, πῦρ δὲ ὑποκαίειν κελεύειν, καὶ ὁ μὲν οἰμώξεται καὶ βοήσεται ἀλήκτοισ ταῖσ ὀδύναισ ἐχόμενοσ, ἡ βοὴ δὲ διὰ τῶν αὐλῶν μέλη σοι ἀποτελέσει οἱᾶ λιγυρώτατα καὶ ἐπαυλήσει θρηνῶδεσ καὶ μυκήσεται γοερώτατον, ὡσ τὸν μὲν κολάζεσθαι, σὲ δὲ τέρπεσθαι μεταξὺ καταυλούμενον, ἐγὼ δὲ ὡσ τοῦτο ἤκουσα, ἐμυσάχθην τὴν κακομηχανίαν τοῦ ἀνδρὸσ καὶ τὴν ἐπίνοιαν ἐμίσησα τοῦ κατασκευάσματοσ καὶ οἰκείαν αὐτῷ τιμωρίαν ἐπέθηκα· (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 11:8)
- τούτουσ δ’ ὕλην κόπτειν, ὁπόταν βασιλεὺσ ἕψῃ τὸν μέγαν ἰχθὺν καὶ προσάγοντασ καθ’ ὅσον πόλεωσ ἕστηκεν ὁρ́οσ, τοὺσ δ’ ὑποκαίειν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 38 1:2)
Derived
- ἀνακαίω (to light up, to light oneself, to fire up)
- ἀποκαίω (to burn off, frigus adurit, to shrivel up)
- διακαίω (to burn through, heat to excess, to inflame)
- ἐγκαίω (to burn or heat in, to make a fire in, to offer sacrifice)
- ἐγκατακαίω (to burn in)
- ἐκκαίω (to burn out, to light up, kindle)
- ἐπικαίω (to light up, to burn on an altar)
- καίω (I light, kindle, set on fire)
- κατακαίω (to burn down, burn completely, to burn)
- παρακαίομαι (to be kept lighted beside)
- περικαίω (to burn round about: - , to be all scorched)
- προκαίω (to burn before, to be lighted before)
- προκατακαίω (to burn all before one)
- προσκαίω (to set on fire or burn besides, burnt at the fire, to be in love with . .)
- συγκαίω (set on fire with or at once, burn up)
- συγκατακαίω (to burn together or also, to be burnt with)
- συνεκκαίω (to set on fire together)