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πυρφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρφόρος πυρφόρον

Structure: πυρφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

fire-bearing, with combustibles tied to them
the fire-bearing, who produces plague or fever
the priest who kept the sacrificial fire

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	πυρφόρος	πύρφορον
	Genitive	πυρφόρου	πυρφόρου
	Dative	πυρφόρῳ	πυρφόρῳ
	Accusative	πυρφόρον	πύρφορον
	Vocative	πυρφόρε	πύρφορον
Dual	N/A/V	πυρφόρω	πυρφόρω
Dual	G/D	πυρφόροιν	πυρφόροιν
Plural	Nominative	πυρφόροι	πύρφορα
	Genitive	πυρφόρων	πυρφόρων
	Dative	πυρφόροις	πυρφόροις
	Accusative	πυρφόρους	πύρφορα
	Vocative	πυρφόροι	πύρφορα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	πυρφόρος πυρφόρου	πυρφορώτερος πυρφορωτέρου	πυρφορώτατος πυρφορωτάτου
Adverb	πυρφόρως	πυρφορώτερον	πυρφορώτατα

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

Παυσίμαχοσ δ’ οἰχομένου Λιουίου πείρασ τε πυκνὰσ καὶ μελέτασ τῶν ἰδίων ἐποιεῖτο, καὶ μηχανὰσ ποικίλασ συνεπήγνυτο, πυρφόρα τε ἀγγεῖα σιδηρᾶ ἐξῆπτε κοντῶν μακρῶν, αἰωρεῖσθαι τὸ πῦρ ἐσ τὸ πέλαγοσ, ἵνα τῶν μὲν ἰδίων σκαφῶν πολὺ προύχῃ, τοῖσ δὲ πολεμίοισ προσιοῦσιν ἐμπίπτῃ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 5 2:1)
ὁμοῦ δὲ ταῦτα ἐγίγνετο, καὶ ὁ Σύλλασ ἀπὸ τῶν χωμάτων μηχανήμασι πολλοῖσ τὸ τεῖχοσ ἐκριοκόπει, μέχρι μέροσ αὐτοῦ καταβαλών, καὶ τὸν πλησιάζοντα πύργον ἐπειγόμενοσ ἐμπρῆσαι, πολλὰ μὲν ἠφίει πυρφόρα τοξεύματα ἐσ αὐτόν, τοὺσ δὲ εὐτολμοτάτουσ ἀνέπεμπεν ἐπὶ κλιμάκων. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 5 9:6)
Ἐλθούσησ δὲ τῆσ ἡμέρασ πρῶτα μὲν ἦν ἐρετῶν ἅμιλλα καὶ βοή, καὶ βέλη τὰ μὲν ἐκ μηχανῆσ, τὰ δ’ ἀπὸ χειρῶν, ὅσα λίθοι καὶ πυρφόρα καὶ τοξεύματα. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 5, chapter 12 11:1)

ἐναίρω (to slay)
περισταδόν (standing round about)
χωλεύω (to be or become lame)
Νηιάς ()
κατωμαδόν (from the shoulders)
βένθος (the depth)
ἐρίμυκος (loud-bellowing)
ἔκτοσθε (outside)
ἀφειδέω (to be unsparing or lavish of)
ἠιών (a sea-bank)
ἤιος ()
δύσχιμος (wintry)
κραδαίνω (to swing)
προθέλυμνος (from the foundations or roots)
κηλέω (to charm)
κήλεος (burning)
θρῴσκω (to leap)
ὑφέν (in one word)
φιτρός (a block of wood)
τελέθω (to come into being)
τρόπις (a ship's keel)
ἀχήν (poor)
ἔχμα (that which holds)
δαίζω (to cleave asunder)
ἐπίσσωτρον ()
καρφαλέος (dry)
ἀμφιτόμος (cutting with both sides)
εὔδμητος (well-built)
στικτός (punctured)
θύρετρα (a door)

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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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