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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

  • ἢ Παλλάδοσ ἐν πόλει τὰσ καλλιδίφρουσ Ἀθα‐ ναίασ ἐν κροκέῳ πέπλῳ ζεύξομαι ἆρα πώλουσ ἐν δαιδαλέαισι ποικίλλουσ’ ἀνθοκρόκοισι πήναισ, ἢ Τιτάνων γενεὰν τὰν Ζεὺσ ἀμφιπύρῳ κοιμί‐ ζει φλογμῷ Κρονίδασ; (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, strophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. with fire all round

Related

Similar forms

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

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