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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

  • οὐδὲν οὖν κωλύει καὶ τὴν σελήνην ζῴων μὲν ἔρημον εἶναι, παρέχειν δ’ ἀνακλάσεισ τε τῷ φωτὶ περὶ αὐτὴν διαχεομένῳ καὶ συρροὴν ταῖσ τῶν ἀστέρων αὐγαῖσ ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ σύγκρασιν , ᾗ συνεκπέττει τε τὰσ ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ ἀναθυμιάσεισ , ἅμα τε καὶ τοῦ ἡλίου τὸ ἔμπυρον ἄγαν καὶ σκληρὸν ἀνίησι. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 257)
  • "οἵ τε δὴ τὴν σελήνην ἔμπυρον σῶμα καὶ διακαὲσ εἶναι νομίζοντεσ ἁμαρτάνουσιν οἵ τε τοῖσ ἐκεῖ ζῴοισ ὅσα τοῖσ ἐνταῦθα πρὸσ γένεσιν καὶ τροφὴν καὶ δίαιταν ἀξιοῦντεσ ὑπάρχειν, ἐοίκασιν ἀθέατοι τῶν περὶ τὴν φύσιν ἀνωμαλιῶν, ἐν αἷσ μείζονασ ἔστι καὶ πλείονασ πρὸσ ἄλληλα τῶν ζῴων ἢ πρὸσ τὰ μὴ ζῷα διαφορὰσ καὶ ἀνομοιότητασ εὑρεῖν. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 2535)
  • ἢν οὖν ἐσ ἀνάγκην τομῆσ κατίῃσ κοτὲ, καυτῆρα ἔμπυρον διαφανέα πυρῶσαι, καὶ διῶσαι μέσφι τοῦ πύου. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 252)
  • εἰσ Πᾶνα Δικτύννησ τοῖόν με καθ’ ἱερὸν ἔμπυρον ὁ Κρὴσ χάλκεον ἔστησεν Πᾶνα τὸν αἰγόνυχα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 2581)
  • τοὔνεκεν οὔτ’ ἄκνισον, ὅπερ θέμισ, οὔτ’ ἐπιδευῆ εἰάροσ ἀθρήσεισ βωμὸν ἐμὸν στεφάνων, ἀλλ’ αἰεὶ θυόεντα καὶ ἔμπυρον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 7 1:1)

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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