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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

  • "καὶ γὰρ οἱ μάντεισ τῇ Δήμητρι τὸν βοῦν θύοντεσ πολὺν θόρυβον καὶ κίνδυνον λέγουσι δημόσιον ἀποσημαίνειν τὰ ἔμπυρα. (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 17 7:11)
  • τῷ μὲν Ἀλεκτρᾶν ὕπερθεν δαῖτα πορσύνοντεσ ἀστοὶ καὶ νεόδματα στεφανώματα βωμῶν αὔξομεν ἔμπυρα χαλκοαρᾶν ὀκτὼ θανόντων, τοὺσ Μεγάρα τέκε οἱ Κρειοντὶσ υἱούσ· (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 4 21:1)
  • τῷ φέρεισ τάδ’ ἔμπυρα; (Sophocles, episode 5:27)
  • αὐτὸσ δὲ θεοπροπίασ ἐδίδαξεν οἰωνούσ τ’ ἀλέγειν ἠδ’ ἔμπυρα σήματ’ ἰδέσθαι. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 3:21)
  • Θαλῆσ γεώδη μὲν ἔμπυρα δὲ τὰ ἄστρα. (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 2, chapter 13 2:1)

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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