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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

  • οὐδ’ ἦν ἄρ’ ὑγιὲσ οὐδὲν ἐμπύρου φλογὸσ οὐδὲ πτερωτῶν φθέγματ’· (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 1:4)
  • καὶ ὥσπερ ἡμεῖσ οἱ Ἕλληνεσ τὸν κρίθινον καρπὸν ἀρχαιότατον ὑπολαμβάνοντεσ ἐπὶ τῶν θυσιῶν κριθαῖσ καταρχόμεθα οὐλὰσ αὐτὰσ καλοῦντεσ, οὕτω Ῥωμαῖοι τιμιώτατόν τε καρπὸν καὶ ἀρχαιότατον εἶναι νομίζοντεσ τὰσ ζέασ διὰ τούτων ἁπάσησ ἐμπύρου θυσίασ κατάρχονται. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 25 3:3)
  • οὔσησ δὲ τῆσ ὁδοιπορίασ ἐμπύρου διὰ τὸ μέγεθοσ τῶν καυμάτων διεφθάρη τε πολλὰ σώματα καὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον εἰσ ἀθυμίαν ἐνέπεσεν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 19, chapter 19 1:2)
  • ἐμπύρου γὰρ τοῦ πέριξ ἀέροσ ὄντοσ ἐκ τῆσ ἐρήμου πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ φοιτῶσι λέοντεσ σκιᾶσ ἕνεκεν, οἱ δὲ καὶ θήρασ τῶν ἐλαττόνων θηρίων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 23 2:2)
  • τῆσ δὲ θερμασίασ ἐπίτασιν λαβούσησ καὶ τοῦ ἀέροσ ἐμπύρου γενομένου, τὰ σώματα τῶν ἀνθρώπων μηδεμιᾶσ ψύξεωσ γενομένησ λυμαίνεσθαι συνέβαινε. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xii, chapter 57 11:4)

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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