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πῦρ

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πῦρ πυρός

Structure: πυρ (Stem)

Etym.: not used in pl.

Sense

  1. a fire, a funerary fire
  2. a sacrificial fire

Declension

Third 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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ ἥλιοσ ἐγένετο πρὸσ δυσμάσ, φλὸξ ἐγένετο, καὶ ἰδοὺ κλίβανοσ καπνιζόμενοσ καὶ λαμπάδεσ πυρόσ, αἳ διῆλθον ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν διχοτομημάτων τούτων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:17)
  • ὁ δὲ πυρὸσ καὶ ἡ ὀλύρα οὐκ ἐπλήγησαν, ὄψιμα γὰρ ἦν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 9:32)
  • ὁ δὲ Θεὸσ ἡγεῖτο αὐτῶν, ἡμέρασ μὲν ἐν στύλῳ νεφέλησ, δεῖξαι αὐτοῖσ τὴν ὁδόν, τὴν δὲ νύκτα ἐν στύλῳ πυρόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 13:21)
  • οὐκ ἐξέλιπε δὲ ὁ στῦλοσ τῆσ νεφέλησ ἡμέρασ καὶ ὁ στῦλοσ τοῦ πυρὸσ νυκτὸσ ἐναντίον τοῦ λαοῦ παντόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 13:22)
  • ἐγενήθη δὲ ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ τῇ ἑωθινῇ καὶ ἐπέβλεψε Κύριοσ ἐπὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἐν στύλῳ πυρὸσ καὶ νεφέλησ καὶ συνετάραξε τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 14:24)

Synonyms

  1. a fire

  2. a sacrificial fire

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