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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
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓πυρος ά̓πυρον
Genitive ἀπύρου ἀπύρου
Dative ἀπύρῳ ἀπύρῳ
Accusative ά̓πυρον ά̓πυρον
Vocative ά̓πυρε ά̓πυρον
DualN/A/V ἀπύρω ἀπύρω
G/D ἀπύροιν ἀπύροιν
PluralNominative ά̓πυροι ά̓πυρα
Genitive ἀπύρων ἀπύρων
Dative ἀπύροις ἀπύροις
Accusative ἀπύρους ά̓πυρα
Vocative ά̓πυροι ά̓πυρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓πυρος ἀπύρου ἀπυρώτερος ἀπυρωτέρου ἀπυρώτατος ἀπυρωτάτου
Adverb ἀπύρως ἀπυρώτερον ἀπυρώτατα

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

  • οὔθ’ ὑποκαίων οὔθ’ ὑπολείβων οὔτε δακρύων ἀπύρων ἱερῶν ὀργὰσ ἀτενεῖσ παραθέλξει. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 3:2)
  • ἄριστον δὲ τῶν ἀρτιτόκων ὠῶν δοθῆναι ἐκ πυρὸσ ἀπύρων. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 372)
  • καὶ μὴν ἀμπεχόνησ γε καὶ στρωμνῆσ καὶ οἰκήσεων καὶ σκευῶν ἐμπύρων τε καὶ ἀπύρων ηὐπόρουν· (Plato, Laws, book 3 18:3)

Synonyms

  1. Without fire

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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