Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀπύρωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπύρωτος ἀπύρωτη ἀπύρωτον

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

Etym.: puro/w

Sense

  1. not yet exposed to fire

Examples

  • "πέμπτῳ δ’ ἀμφίθετον φιάλην ἀπύρωτον ἔθηκεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 34 1:7)
  • "τινὲσ δὲ ἀπύρωτον φιάλην τὸ κέρασ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 34 1:12)
  • τῷ δὲ τετάρτῳ θῆκε δύω χρυσοῖο τάλαντα, πέμπτῳ δ’ ἀμφίθετον φιάλην ἀπύρωτον ἔθηκε. (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 26:4)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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