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πολύπυρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύπυρος πολύπυρον

Structure: πολυπυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: puro/s

Sense

  1. rich in corn

Examples

  • Ζεῦ πάτερ εἴ ποτέ τίσ τοι ἐν Ἄργεί̈ περ πολυπύρῳ ἢ βοὸσ ἢ οἰὸσ κατὰ πίονα μηρία καίων εὔχετο νοστῆσαι, σὺ δ’ ὑπέσχεο καὶ κατένευσασ, τῶν μνῆσαι καὶ ἄμυνον Ὀλύμπιε νηλεὲσ ἦμαρ, μηδ’ οὕτω Τρώεσσιν ἐά δάμνασθαι Ἀχαιούσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 15 39:3)

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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