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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

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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Ἀργόθεν αὖ Ταλαὸσ καὶ Ἀρήιοσ, υἱε͂ Βίαντοσ, ἤλυθον ἴφθιμόσ τε Λεώδοκοσ, οὓσ τέκε Πηρὼ Νηληίσ· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 3:7)
  • 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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