Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡμίφλεκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμίφλεκτος ἡμίφλεκτον

Structure: ἡμιφλεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fle/gw

Sense

  1. half-burnt

Examples

  • ὡσ δὲ τὸ πῦρ ἐξέλαμψεν, ἀλλαχόθεν ἄλλοσ προσφερόμενοι καὶ δαλοὺσ ἀνασπῶντεσ ἡμιφλέκτουσ διέθεον ἐπὶ τάσ οἰκίασ τῶν ἀνῃρηκότων αὐτὸν ὡσ ἐμπρήσοντεσ. (Plutarch, Brutus, chapter 20 4:2)
  • Ἅμα δ’ ἡμέρᾳ τὴν θάλασσαν ἐφορῶν ἐθεᾶτο ναῦσ ἐμπεπρησμένασ τε καὶ ἡμιφλέκτουσ ἔτι καὶ ἡμικαύστουσ ἄλλασ τε λελυμασμένασ ἱστίων τε ὁμοῦ καὶ πηδαλίων καὶ σκευῶν ἔμπλεων τὸ πέλαγοσ καὶ τῶν ἔτι σῳζομένων τὰ πολλὰ πεπονηκότα. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 10 1:1)

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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