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ἄπυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπυρος ἄπυρος ἄπυρον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + πυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu=r

Sense

  1. Without fire.

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • εἰ δὲ θείη τισ τὰ βιβλία παρ’ ἄλληλα καὶ τοὺσ λόγουσ, ἐκεῖνα μὲν Σκύθαισ φιλοσοφεῖσθαι καὶ Σογδιανοῖσ καὶ Μελαγχλαίνοισ, περὶ ὧν Ἡρόδοτοσ ἱστορῶν ἀπιστεῖται τὰ δὲ Πυθαγόρου καὶ Ἐμπεδοκλέουσ δόγματα νόμοι τῶν παλαιῶν ἦσαν Ἑλλήνων καὶ αἱ ἄπυροι δίαιται. (Plutarch, De esu carnium II, section 3 7:2)
  • "οὗτοι δ’ ἦσαν οἱ μὲν ἄπυροι, εἰσ οὓσ τὸν οἶνον εἰσεκεράννυον, οἱ δὲ λοετροχόοι, ἐν οἷσ τὸ ὕδωρ ἐθέρμαινον, καὶ ἐμπυριβῆται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 6 2:8)
  • ἀθρόον μὲν οὖν εἰρήσθω, ἢν ἐπιπολῆσ ἀναδορὴ, ἤν τε ἄνω, ἤν τε κάτω ἐῄ, ἄπυροι, ἄπονοι, ὀρθοστάδην ὑγιαζόμενοι, σμικρῆσι τῇσι διαίτῃσι ἑτεροίωσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 226)
  • ἢν μὲν ὦν ἄπυροι ἐώσι ἔτι, ἢ σμικρὸν ἐπιπυρεταίνωσι, τάδε χρὴ πρήσσειν οὐκ ἀλεγίζοντα τῆσ θέρμησ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 184)
  • οἶνοσ ποτὸν, ἢν ἄπυροι ἐώσι, μὴ πολλόν τι τῆσ στύψιοσ ἔχων. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 22)

Synonyms

  1. Without fire

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