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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

  • εὖ τε λοεσσαμένη τέρενα χρόα καὶ λίπ’ ἐλαίῳ χρισαμένη μυχίη καταλέξεται ἔνδοθι οἴκου ἤματι χειμερίῳ, ὅτ’ ἀνόστεοσ ὃν πόδα τένδει ἔν τ’ ἀπύρῳ οἴκῳ καὶ ἤθεσι λευγαλέοισιν. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 59:11)
  • ὁ δὲ πολύπουσ αὑτὸν ἐσθίων κάθηται χειμῶνοσ ἐν τ’ ἀπύρῳ οἴκῳ καὶ ἐν ἤθεσι λευγαλέοισιν οὕτωσ ἀργὸσ ἢ ἀναίσθητοσ ἢ γαστρίμαργοσ ἢ πᾶσι τούτοισ ἔνοχόσ ἐστι. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 9 2:1)
  • τῶν Κελτέων, οἳ νῦν καλέονται Γάλλοι, τὰσ λιτρώδεισ τὰσ ποιητὰσ σφαίρασ, ᾗσι Ῥύπτουσι τὰσ ὀθόνασ, σάπων ἐπίκλην, τῇσι Ῥύπτειν τὸ σκῆνοσ ἐν λουτρῷ ἄριστον · καὶ ἀνδράχνη καὶ ἀείζωον ξὺν ὄξεϊ, ἀτὰρ καὶ λαπάθου Ῥιζέων ἀφέψημα ξὺν ἀπύρῳ θείῳ Ῥύπτει καλῶσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 112)
  • ] Ἦν δὲ καρτερικώτατοσ καὶ λιτότατοσ, ἀπύρῳ τροφῇ χρώμενοσ καὶ τρίβωνι λεπτῷ, ὥστε λέγεσθαι ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 26:8)

Synonyms

  1. Without fire

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