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

  • ἐστασίασαν δὲ ὕστερον πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ, καὶ Νηλεὺσ μὲν ἐκπεσὼν ἧκεν εἰσ Μεσσήνην καὶ Πύλον κτίζει, καὶ γαμεῖ Χλωρίδα τὴν Ἀμφίονοσ, ἐξ ἧσ αὐτῷ γίνεται θυγάτηρ μὲν Πηρώ, ἄρρενεσ δὲ Ταῦροσ Ἀστέριοσ Πυλάων Δηίμαχοσ Εὐρύβιοσ Ἐπίλαοσ Φράσιοσ Εὐρυμένησ Εὐαγόρασ Ἀλάστωρ Νέστωρ Περικλύμενοσ, ᾧ δὴ καὶ Ποσειδῶν δίδωσι μεταβάλλειν τὰσ μορφάσ, καὶ μαχόμενοσ ὅτε Ἡρακλῆσ ἐξεπόρθει Πύλον, γινόμενοσ ὁτὲ μὲν λέων ὁτὲ δὲ ὄφισ ὁτὲ δὲ μέλισσα, ὑφ’ Ἡρακλέουσ μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων Νηλέωσ παίδων ἀπέθανεν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 9:1)
  • Βίασ δὲ ἐμνηστεύετο Πηρὼ τὴν Νηλέωσ· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 12:1)
  • Ἀργόθεν αὖ Ταλαὸσ καὶ Ἀρήιοσ, υἱε͂ Βίαντοσ, ἤλυθον ἴφθιμόσ τε Λεώδοκοσ, οὓσ τέκε Πηρὼ Νηληίσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 3:7)
  • τοῖσι δ’ ἐπ’ ἰφθίμην Πηρὼ τέκε, θαῦμα βροτοῖσι, τὴν πάντεσ μνώοντο περικτίται· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 35:3)
  • ἀνωτέρω τούτων ἐστὶν ἡ Λυκάονοσ Καλλιστὼ καὶ Νομία τε καὶ ἡ Νηλέωσ Πηρώ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 31 16:1)

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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