πυρετός, πυρετου, ὁ (πῦρ); 1. fiery heat (Homer, Iliad 22, 31 (but interpreters now give it the sense of 'fever' in this passage; cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer under the word; Schmidt, Syn., chapter 60 § 14)). 2. fever: Mat_8:15; Marki. 31; Luk_4:39; Joh_4:52; Act_28:8, (Hippocrates, Aristophanes, Plato, and following; Deu_28:22); πυρετῷ μεγάλῳ, Luk_4:38 (as Galen de diff. feb. 1, 1 says συνηθες τοῖς ἰατροῖς ὀνομάζειν ... τόν μέγαν τέ καί μικρόν πυρετον; (cf. Wetstein on Luke, the passage cited)).

πυρετός pyretos 6x scorching and noxious heat; a fever, Mat_8:15 ; Mar_1:31

πυρετός , -οῦ , ὁ ( < πῦρ ), [in LXX : Deu_28:22 ( H6920 ) * ;] a fever: Mat_8:15 , Mar_1:31 , Luk_4:39 , Joh_4:52 , Act_28:8 ; Papyri μέγας , a high fever: Luk_4:38 (on the technical phrase here, v. MM , xxii).†

πυρετός [page 560] a fever. The Lucan combination with συνέχεσθαι ( Luk_4:38 , Act_28:8 ) is paralleled in P Oxy VI. 896 .33 (A.D. 316) ὁρ̣ῶμ̣ε̣[ν αὐτὸ ]ν̣ το [ῦτ ]ον κ̣λ̣ε̣[ινή ]ρ̣η̣ν ὄντα πυραι (= ε )τίοις . . . συνεχ̣[όμενον , we saw the man himself lying on a bed seized with a slight . . . fever (Edd.) : note the technical plur. on which Hobart (p. 52) comments. Πυρετός in the sing, is found in the heathen charm, BGU III. 956 (iii/A.D.), invoking protection ἀπὸ πα [ν ]τὸς ῥίγου <ς > καὶ πυρετοῦ , cf. P Oxy VI. 924 .6 (iv/A.D.), ib . VIII. 1151 .35 (v/A.D.?), and the curse Syll 890 (= .3 1239) .20 (ii/A.D.) φρείκῃ [κ ]α [ὶ ] πυρετῷ καὶ τετα [ρ ]ταίῳ καὶ ἐλέφα [ν ]τ [ι : cf. also ib . 891 (= .3 1240) .10 (ii/A.D.). For the form πυρεσσός (not in LS 8 ) see the fragment of a Gemellus letter P Fay 248 ( c . A.D. 100).

πυρετός πυ^ρετός, οῦ, ὁ, [Etym: πῦρ] "burning heat, fiery heat", Il. "feverish heat, a fever", Ar. , etc.

πυρετός, -οῦ, ὁ (πῦρ) [in LXX: Deu.28:22 (קַדַּחַת) * ;] a fever: Mat.8:15, Mrk.1:31, Luk.4:39, Jhn.4:52, Act.28:8; π. μέγας, a high fever: Luk.4:38 (on the technical phrase here, see MM, xxii).† (AS)