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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

  • ὅτι ἐμοιχῶντο, καὶ αἷμα ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν. τὰ ἐνθυμήματα αὐτῶν ἐμοιχῶντο, καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν, ἃ ἐγέννησάν μοι, διήγαγον αὐτοῖσ δι’ ἐμπύρων. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 23:37)
  • μάντεισ δ’ ἐπῆλθεσ ἐμπύρων τ’ εἶδεσ φλόγα; (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 1:48)
  • ὁρ́κουσ συνάψαι δεξιάσ τε συμβαλεῖν μνηστῆρασ ἀλλήλοισι καὶ δι’ ἐμπύρων σπονδὰσ καθεῖναι κἀπαράσασθαι τάδε· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode 1:6)
  • σὲ τὴν ὄρεγμα δεινὸν ἡμιλλημένην τύμβου ’πὶ κρηπῖδ’ ἐμπύρουσ τ’ ὀρθοστάτασ, μεῖνον· (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue12)
  • οὐδ’ ἦν ἄρ’ ὑγιὲσ οὐδὲν ἐμπύρου φλογὸσ οὐδὲ πτερωτῶν φθέγματ’· (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 1:4)
  • ἐσ γῆν δ’ ἔμπυροσ πίπτει νεκρόσ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 11:11)
  • ἆρά γε τοῦτο λιαρόν ἐστιν ἀφ’ οὗ πυρὸσ ἀτμὶσ καὶ καπνὸσ ἔμπυροσ ἀναφέρεται; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 14 1:1)
  • ἄστρα μὲν ἠμαύρωσε καὶ ἱερὰ κύκλα σελήνησ ἄξονα δινήσασ ἔμπυροσ ἠέλιοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 241)
  • ἤδη γάρ ποτ’ ἐγὼ γενόμην κοῦρόσ τε κόρη τε, θάμνοσ τ’, οἰωνόσ τε καὶ ἐξ ἁλὸσ ἔμπυροσ ἰχθῦσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 5691)
  • "ἔστι γὰρ ἔμπυροσ καὶ θερμότεροσ, καὶ ὅ γε καρπὸσ; (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 2:2)

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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