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ἀμφίπυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμφίπυρος ἀμφίπυρᾱ ἀμφίπυρον

Structure: ἀμφιπυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu=r

Sense

  1. with fire at each end, bearing a torch in either hand
  2. with fire all round

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀμφίπυρος ἀμφίπύρᾱ ἀμφίπυρον
Genitive ἀμφιπύρου ἀμφίπύρᾱς ἀμφιπύρου
Dative ἀμφιπύρῳ ἀμφίπύρᾱͅ ἀμφιπύρῳ
Accusative ἀμφίπυρον ἀμφίπύρᾱν ἀμφίπυρον
Vocative ἀμφίπυρε ἀμφίπύρᾱ ἀμφίπυρον
DualN/A/V ἀμφιπύρω ἀμφίπύρᾱ ἀμφιπύρω
G/D ἀμφιπύροιν ἀμφίπύραιν ἀμφιπύροιν
PluralNominative ἀμφίπυροι ἀμφί́πυραι ἀμφίπυρα
Genitive ἀμφιπύρων ἀμφίπυρῶν ἀμφιπύρων
Dative ἀμφιπύροις ἀμφίπύραις ἀμφιπύροις
Accusative ἀμφιπύρους ἀμφίπύρᾱς ἀμφίπυρα
Vocative ἀμφίπυροι ἀμφί́πυραι ἀμφίπυρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀμφίπυρος ἀμφιπύρου ἀμφιπυρώτερος ἀμφιπυρωτέρου ἀμφιπυρώτατος ἀμφιπυρωτάτου
Adverb ἀμφιπύρως ἀμφιπυρώτερον ἀμφιπυρώτατα

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.

Examples

  • κεραυνὸν ἀμφίπυρον ὄβριμον ἐν Διὸσ ἑκηβόλοισι χερσίν; (Euripides, Ion, choral, strophe 26)
  • ἀλλ’ οἱ μὲν κοίλην κάπετον χερσὶ ταχύνατε, τοὶ δ’ ὑψίβατον τρίποδ’ ἀμφίπυρον λουτρῶν ὁσίων θέσθ’ ἐπίκαιρον· (Sophocles, Ajax, episode, anapests3)
  • ὁμοῦ δὲ παιᾶνα παιᾶν’ ἀνάγετ’, ὦ παρθένοι, βοᾶτε τὰν ὁμόσπορον Ἄρτεμιν Ὀρτυγίαν ἐλαφαβόλον ἀμφίπυρον, γείτονάσ τε Νύμφασ. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, choral2)

Synonyms

  1. with fire all round

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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