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ἀμφίπυρος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: amphipyros

Principal Part: ἀμφίπυρος ἀμφίπυρα ἀμφίπυρον

Structure: ἀμφιπυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: πῦρ

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 ἀμφίπύρα ἀμφίπυρον
Genitive ἀμφιπύρου ἀμφίπύρας ἀμφιπύρου
Dative ἀμφιπύρῳ ἀμφίπύρᾳ ἀμφιπύρῳ
Accusative ἀμφίπυρον ἀμφίπύραν ἀμφίπυρον
Vocative ἀμφίπυρε ἀμφίπύρα ἀμφίπυρον
DualN/A/V ἀμφιπύρω ἀμφίπύρα ἀμφιπύρω
G/D ἀμφιπύροιν ἀμφίπύραιν ἀμφιπύροιν
PluralNominative ἀμφίπυροι ἀμφίπυραι ἀμφίπυρα
Genitive ἀμφιπύρων ἀμφίπυρῶν ἀμφιπύρων
Dative ἀμφιπύροις ἀμφίπύραις ἀμφιπύροις
Accusative ἀμφιπύρους ἀμφίπύρας ἀμφίπυρα
Vocative ἀμφίπυροι ἀμφίπυραι 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)
  • κεραυνὸν ἀμφίπυρον ὄβριμον ἐν Διὸς ἑκηβόλοισι χερσίν· (Euripides, Ion, choral, strophe 26)
  • ἰὼ δειράδες Παρνασοῦ πέτρας ἔχουσαι σκόπελον οὐράνιόν θ ἕδραν, ἵνα Βάκχιος ἀμφιπύρους ἀνέχων πεύκας λαιψηρὰ πηδᾷ νυκτιπόλοις ἅμα σὺν Βάκχαις, μή ποτ εἰς ἐμὰν πόλιν ἵκοιθ ὁ παῖς, νέαν δ ἁμέραν ἀπολιπὼν θάνοι. (Euripides, Ion, choral, epode1)
  • 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

Related

명사

형용사

동사

부사

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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