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ἐμπυριβήτης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐμπυριβήτης ἐμπυριβήτες

Structure: ἐμπυριβητη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)n, pu=r, bai/nw

Sense

  1. made for standing on the fire

Examples

  • δεῖ δὲ νοεῖν τρίποδα τοῦ Διονύσου τὸν κρατῆρα, ἦν γὰρ τὸ ἀρχαῖον δύο γένη τριπόδων, οὓσ καλεῖσθαι λέβητασ συνέβαινεν ἀμφοτέρουσ ι ἐμπυριβήτησ ὁ καὶ λοετροχόοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 6 1:2)

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

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