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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

  • ζῶντέσ τε ἕτεροι, πρεσβῦται μάλιστα καὶ παιδία καὶ γύναια, ὅσα τοῖσ μυχοῖσ τῶν οἰκιῶν ἐκέκρυπτο, οἱ μὲν καὶ τραύματα φέροντεσ οἱ δ’ ἡμίφλεκτοι, φωνὰσ ἀηδεῖσ ἀφιέντεσ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 19 3:3)
  • νῆέσ τε ἡμίφλεκτοι μέχρι πολλοῦ περιέπλεον, ἄνδρασ ἔχουσαι τοὺσ μὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ πυρόσ, τοὺσ δ’ ὑπὸ λιμοῦ καὶ δίψησ δαπανωμένουσ· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 15 4:2)

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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