Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόπυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόπυρος φιλόπυρον

Structure: φιλοπυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. loving wheat

Examples

  • δράγματά σοι χώρου μικραύλακοσ, ὦ φιλόπυρε Δηοῖ, Σωσικλέησ θῆκεν ἀρουροπόνοσ, εὔσταχυν ἀμήσασ τὸν νῦν σπόρον· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 361)

Synonyms

  1. loving wheat

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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