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ἔμφλοξ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμφλοξ ἐμφλογος

Structure: ἐμφλογ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)n

Sense

  1. with fire in it

Declension

Third 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

  • Δούνακασ ἀκροδέτουσ, καὶ τὴν ἁλινηχέα κώπην, γυρῶν τ’ ἀγκίστρων λαιμοδακεῖσ ἀκίδασ, καὶ λίνον ἀκρομόλιβδον, ἀπαγγελτῆρά τε κύρτου φελλόν, καὶ δισσὰσ σχοινοπλεκεῖσ σπυρίδασ, καὶ τὸν ἐγερσιφαῆ πυρὸσ ἔγκυον ἔμφλογα πέτρον, ἄγκυράν τε, νεῶν πλαζομένων παγίδα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 51)

Synonyms

  1. with fire in it

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

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