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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

  • ἀπείρων γενῶν, τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων σχεδὸν μόνον οἶδε πυρὸσ χρῆσιν, τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ ἀπύροισ χρῆται διαίταισ καὶ τροφαῖσ, καὶ βίοσ αὐτοῖσ· (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 3 1:1)
  • τεῦξαν δ’ ἀπύροισ ἱεροῖσ ἄλσοσ ἐν ἀκροπόλει· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 7 16:3)
  • τοῦτο ὃ δὴ ξηροῖσ καὶ ὑγροῖσ καὶ ἐμπύροισ καὶ ἀπύροισ παντοδαπὸν εἶδοσ ἐργασθὲν ἀγγεῖον ὃ δὴ μιᾷ κλήσει προσφθεγγόμεθα, καὶ μάλα γε συχνὸν εἶδοσ καὶ τῇ ζητουμένῃ γε, ὡσ οἶμαι, προσῆκον οὐδὲν ἀτεχνῶσ ἐπιστήμῃ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 185:5)
  • πολλοὺσ δὲ ἔπειθεν ἀπύροισ σιτίοισ χρῆσθαι καὶ ὑδροποσίαισ πάντα τὸν βίον ἕνεκεν τοῦ τἀγαθὰ θηρᾶσθαι τὰ κατὰ ἀλήθειαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri x, chapter 7 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. Without fire

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