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πηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πηρός πηρή πηρόν

Structure: πηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. disabled in a limb, maimed

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative πηρός πηρᾱ́ πηρόν
Genitive πηροῦ πηρᾶς πηροῦ
Dative πηρῷ πηρᾷ πηρῷ
Accusative πηρόν πηρᾱ́ν πηρόν
Vocative πηρέ πηρᾱ́ πηρόν
DualN/A/V πηρώ πηρᾱ́ πηρώ
G/D πηροῖν πηραῖν πηροῖν
PluralNominative πηροί πηραί πηρά
Genitive πηρῶν πηρῶν πηρῶν
Dative πηροῖς πηραῖς πηροῖς
Accusative πηρούς πηρᾱ́ς πηρά
Vocative πηροί πηραί πηρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective πηρός πηροῦ πηρότερος πηροτεροῦ πηρότατος πηροτατοῦ
Adverb πηρώς πηρότερον πηρότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ προελοῦσα τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐκ τῆσ πήρασ ἔδειξε καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖσ. ἰδοὺ ἡ κεφαλὴ Ὀλοφέρνου ἀρχιστρατήγου δυνάμεωσ Ἀσσούρ, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὸ κωνωπεῖον, ἐν ᾧ κατέκειτο ἐν ταῖσ μέθαισ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν ὁ Κύριοσ ἐν χειρὶ θηλείασ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 13:15)
  • πλέον γὰρ οὐδέν ἐστι τῆσ πήρασ ἣν ὁρᾷσ καὶ τουτουὶ τοῦ ξύλου· (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 19:7)
  • πρὸ δ’ οὖν τῆσ πήρασ, εἰ δοκεῖ, φέρε σοι τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐμπλήσω κονδύλων ἐπιμετρήσασ τῇ δικέλλῃ. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 56:5)
  • οὐ γὰρ προέκρινε τὴν τύχην τῆσ σοφίασ οὐδὲ τὴν πορφύραν καὶ τὸ διάδημα τῆσ πήρασ καὶ τοῦ τρίβωνοσ· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 10 9:2)
  • "κἀκεῖ τινεσ εἶναι λέγονται στερρᾶσ καὶ γυμνήτιδοσ σοφίασ ἐθάδεσ ἄνδρεσ ἱεροὶ καὶ αὐτόνομοι, θεῷ σχολάζοντεσ, εὐτελέστεροι Διογένουσ, οὐδὲν πήρασ δεόμενοι· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 1, section 10 11:3)

Synonyms

  1. disabled in a limb

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

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