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ἔμπυος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμπυος ἔμπυον

Structure: ἐμπυ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)n, pu/on

Sense

  1. suppurating

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

  • τάδε μέντοι πρὸ τῶν σιτίων πίνειν χρεὼν, ὡσ λεπτὰ μὲν τὰ ὑγρὰ γίγνηται, εὔροα δὲ τὰ χωρία, εὔρηκτα δὲ τὰ ἔμπυα σώματα. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 248)
  • Ὧν δὲ ἔμπυα τὰ ὦτα, διὰ παχέοσ εὑρίσκεται‧ πάντα δὲ τὰ ὑπόμυξα καὶ τῇ ὑγρῇ σαρκὶ πλήρεα ἐξαπατᾷ‧ οὐ μὴ βλάβη γένηται στομωθὲν τὸ τοιοῦτον‧ ἐστὶ γὰρ ἄσαρκα καὶ ὑδατώδεα, μύξησ πλέα, ὅπου δὲ καὶ οἱᾶ ἐόντα θανατώδεά ἐστι, παρεθέντα. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., MOXLIKOS., 3.2)

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

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