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ἡμίφλεκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμίφλεκτος ἡμίφλεκτον

Structure: ἡμιφλεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fle/gw

Sense

  1. half-burnt

Examples

  • Εὖ λέγεισ, ὅτι σου τὰ ἐγκαύματα ἰασάμην, ὅτε πρῴην ἀνῆλθεσ ἡμίφλεκτοσ ὑπ̓ ἀμφοῖν διεφθαρμένοσ τὸ σῶμα, καὶ τοῦ χιτῶνοσ καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο τοῦ πυρόσ· (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 3:1)
  • ἡ δὲ ἡμίφλεκτοσ ἀφεῖσα τὸ παιδίον ἐκ τῆσ ἀγκάλησ μόλισ διεπήδησε τὴν φλόγα, καὶ ἡ παῖσ σὺν αὐτῇ, παρὰ μικρὸν ἐλθοῦσα κἀκείνη ἀποθανεῖν. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 60:9)

Synonyms

  1. half-burnt

Related

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

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