Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

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

  • ἄμφω μὲν πηροὶ καὶ ἀλήμονεσ, ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν ὄψεισ, ὃσ δὲ βάσεισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 13b1)
  • Αἴσθησισ δὲ λέγεται κατὰ τοὺσ Στωικοὺσ τό τ’ ἀφ’ ἡγεμονικοῦ πνεῦμα ἐπὶ τὰσ αἰσθήσεισ διῆκον καὶ ἡ δι’ αὐτῶν κατάληψισ καὶ ἡ περὶ τὰ αἰσθητήρια κατασκευή, καθ’ ἥν τινεσ πηροὶ γίνονται. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 52:1)

Synonyms

  1. disabled in a limb

Related

Derived

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

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