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ἡμιπύρωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμιπύρωτος ἡμιπύρωτον

Structure: ἡμιπυρωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu=ro/w

Sense

  1. half-burnt

Examples

  • τήνδ’ ὑπὸ δύσβωλον θλίβει χθόνα φωτὸσ ἀλιτροῦ ὀστέα μισητῆσ τύμβοσ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆσ, στέρνα τ’ ἐποκριόεντα, καὶ οὐκ εὐόδμον ὀδόντων πρίονα, καὶ κώλων δούλιον οἰοπέδην, ἄτριχα καὶ κόρσην, Εὐνικίδου ἡμιπύρωτα λείψαν’, ἔτι χλωρῆσ ἔμπλεα τηκεδόνοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4011)

Synonyms

  1. half-burnt

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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