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ἡμιπύρωτος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: hēmipyrōtos

Principal Part: ἡμιπύρωτος ἡμιπύρωτον

Structure: ἡμιπυρωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: πῦρόω

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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