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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

  • Ἐπορεύθη δὲ Ρουβὴν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θερισμοῦ πυρῶν καὶ εὗρε μῆλα μανδραγορῶν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ καὶ ἤνεγκεν αὐτὰ πρὸσ Λείαν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ. εἶπε δὲ Ραχὴλ Λείᾳ τῇ ἀδελφῇ αὐτῆσ. δόσ μοι τῶν μανδραγορῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 30:14)
  • καὶ ἄρτουσ ἀζύμουσ πεφυραμένουσ ἐν ἐλαίῳ καὶ λάγανα ἄζυμα κεχρισμένα ἐν ἐλαίῳ. σεμίδαλιν ἐκ πυρῶν ποιήσεισ αὐτά. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 29:2)
  • ὡσ δὲ εἰσεπορεύοντο οἱ ἱερεῖσ οἱ αἴροντεσ τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆσ διαθήκησ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην καὶ οἱ πόδεσ τῶν ἱερέων τῶν αἰρόντων τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆσ διαθήκησ Κυρίου ἐβάφησαν εἰσ μέροσ τοῦ ὕδατοσ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου. ὁ δὲ Ἰορδάνησ ἐπληροῦτο καθ’ ὅλην τὴν κρηπίδα αὐτοῦ ὡσεὶ ἡμέραι θερισμοῦ πυρῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 3:15)
  • ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο μεθ̓ ἡμέρασ ἐν ἡμέραισ θερισμοῦ πυρῶν καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο Σαμψὼν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐρίφῳ αἰγῶν καὶ εἶπεν. εἰσελεύσομαι πρὸσ τὴν γυναῖκά μου καὶ εἰσ τὸ ταμιεῖον. καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῆσ εἰσελθεῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 15:1)
  • καὶ προσεκολλήθη Ροὺθ τοῖσ κορασίοισ τοῦ Βοὸζ τοῦ συλλέγειν ἕωσ τοῦ συντελέσαι τὸν θερισμὸν τῶν κριθῶν καὶ τῶν πυρῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 2:23)

Synonyms

  1. a fire

  2. a sacrificial fire

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