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ἔμπυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμπυρος ἔμπυρον

Structure: ἐμπυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)n, pu=r

Sense

  1. in the fire, of the fire, the forge, the, of divining by fire
  2. exposed to fire or sun, scorched, burnt
  3. burning, fiery
  4. lighted
  5. of or for a burnt-offering
  6. burnt sacrifices

Examples

  • ἵνα μάντιεσ ἄνδρεσ ἐμπύροισ τεκμαιρόμενοι παραπειρῶνται Διὸσ ἀργικεραύνου, εἴ τιν’ ἔχει λόγον ἀνθρώπων πέρι μαιομένων μεγάλαν ἀρετὰν θυμῷ λαβεῖν, τῶν δὲ μόχθων ἀμπνοάν· (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 8 1:2)
  • τοῦτο ὃ δὴ ξηροῖσ καὶ ὑγροῖσ καὶ ἐμπύροισ καὶ ἀπύροισ παντοδαπὸν εἶδοσ ἐργασθὲν ἀγγεῖον ὃ δὴ μιᾷ κλήσει προσφθεγγόμεθα, καὶ μάλα γε συχνὸν εἶδοσ καὶ τῇ ζητουμένῃ γε, ὡσ οἶμαι, προσῆκον οὐδὲν ἀτεχνῶσ ἐπιστήμῃ. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 185:5)

Synonyms

  1. exposed to fire or sun

  2. burning

  3. lighted

  4. of or for a burnt-offering

  5. burnt sacrifices

Related

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

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