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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

  • "ὅτι ὠμόν με θέλεισ τῷ Κύκλωπι, παραθεῖναι," ὀνειδίζων τὸν μὲν ὅτι πηρόσ, τὸν δ’ ὅτι μάγειροσ ἦν. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 14 25:1)
  • ὀνειδίζων τὸν μὲν ὅτι πηρόσ, τὸν δ’ ὅτι μάγειροσ ἦν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , section8)
  • πηρὸσ ὁ μὲν γυίοισ, ὁ δ’ ἄρ’ ὄμμασιν ἀμφότεροι δὲ εἰσ αὑτοὺσ τὸ τύχησ ἐνδεὲσ ἠράνισαν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 111)
  • πηρὸσ ἄπαισ, ἢ φέγγοσ ἰδεῖν ἢ παῖδα τεκέσθαι εὐξαμένη, δοιῆσ ἔμμορεν εὐτυχίησ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 461)
  • Δέκιοσ δὲ φυλασσόμενοσ ἀμελῶσ, οἱᾶ πηρόσ, ἑαυτὸν διεχρήσατο. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 16:2)

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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