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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

  • σὲ τὴν ὄρεγμα δεινὸν ἡμιλλημένην τύμβου ’πὶ κρηπῖδ’ ἐμπύρουσ τ’ ὀρθοστάτασ, μεῖνον· (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue12)
  • μάντεισ δὲ μῆλ’ ἔσφαζον, ἐμπύρουσ τ’ ἀκμὰσ ῥήξεισ τ’ ἐνώμων ὑγρότητ’ ἐναντίαν ἄκραν τε λαμπάδ’, ἣ δυοῖν ὁρ́ουσ ἔχει, νίκησ τε σῆμα καὶ τὸ τῶν ἡσσωμένων. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 15:9)
  • τὰ δὲ πρὸ τούτων βωμὸν αὐτόθι καθιδρύσθαι λέγουσι ὑφ’ Ἡρακλέουσ κατεσκευασμένον, ἐφ’ οὗ τὰσ ἐμπύρουσ ἀπαρχὰσ ἔθυον Ἑλληνικοῖσ ἔθεσιν οἱ τὰ ἱερὰ παρ’ ἐκείνου παραλαβόντεσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 1 7:2)
  • ἓν μὲν δὴ τοῦτο λέγω κοινὸν εὐεργέτημα τῆσ θεοῦ, πρὸσ τὴν καθ’ ἡμέραν δίαιταν, πολιτείαν καὶ νόμουσ, ἕτερον δὲ τὰσ ἐμπύρουσ τε καὶ ἀπύρουσ τέχνασ, ἃσ τοῖσ καθ’ ἑκάστουσ διεῖλέ τε καὶ διαιρεῖ· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 4:3)

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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