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

  • οὖσαν γὰρ τὴν Χαρικλὼ προσφιλῆ τῇ Ἀθηνᾶγυμνὴν ἐπὶ πάντα ἰδεῖν, τὴν δὲ ταῖσ χερσὶ τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ αὐτοῦ καταλαβομένην πηρὸν ποιῆσαι, Χαρικλοῦσ δὲ δεομένησ ἀποκαταστῆσαι πάλιν τὰσ ὁράσεισ, μὴ δυναμένην τοῦτο ποιῆσαι, τὰσ ἀκοὰσ διακαθάρασαν πᾶσαν ὀρνίθων φωνὴν ποιῆσαι συνεῖναι, καὶ σκῆπτρον αὐτῷ δωρήσασθαι κράνειον, ὃ φέρων ὁμοίωσ τοῖσ βλέπουσιν ἐβάδιζεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 6 7:4)
  • τὴν δὲ πλάσαντεσ γηΐνην Ὀλύμπιοι ἔδωκαν ἀνδρὶ πηρόν· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 45)
  • αἳ δὲ χολωσάμεναι πηρὸν θέσαν, αὐτὰρ ἀοιδὴν θεσπεσίην ἀφέλοντο καὶ ἐκλέλαθον κιθαριστύν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 55:3)
  • διὸ καὶ τὰσ θεὰσ αὐτῷ χολωθείσασ τήν τε μουσικὴν ἀφελέσθαι καὶ πηρῶσαι τὸν ἄνδρα, καθάπερ καὶ τὸν Ὅμηρον τούτοισ προσμαρτυρεῖν λέγοντα ἔνθα τε Μοῦσαι ἀντόμεναι Θάμυριν τὸν Θρήικα παῦσαν ἀοιδῆσ, καὶ ἔτι αἱ δὲ χολωσάμεναι πηρὸν θέσαν, αὐτὰρ ἀοιδὴν θεσπεσίην ἀφέλοντο καὶ ἐκλέλαθον κιθαριστύν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 67 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. disabled in a limb

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Derived

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

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