Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολύπυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύπυρος πολύπυρον

Structure: πολυπυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: puro/s

Sense

  1. rich in corn

Examples

  • περᾷ δὲ Τεύθραντοσ ἄστυ Μυσῶν, Λύδιά τε γύαλα, καὶ δι’ ὀρῶν Κιλίκων Παμφύλων τε γένη διορνυμένα καί ποταμοὺσ ἀενάουσ καὶ βαθύπλουτον χθόνα καὶ τὰν Ἀφροδίτασ πολύπυρον αἰᾶν. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, antistrophe 22)
  • σὺ δὲ Κρήθωνοσ ἄρουραν πᾶν ἔτοσ εὔκριθον καὶ πολύπυρον ἄγοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 258 1:1)
  • τύχησε γὰρ ἐρχομένη νηῦσ ἀνδρῶν Θεσπρωτῶν ἐσ Δουλίχιον πολύπυρον. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 14 26:8)
  • τύχησε γὰρ ἐρχομένη νηῦσ ἀνδρῶν Θεσπρωτῶν ἐσ Δουλίχιον πολύπυρον. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 19 33:9)

Synonyms

  1. rich in corn

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

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