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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

ἱρέεσ δὲ αὐτοῖσι πολλοὶ ἀποδεδέχαται, τῶν οἱ μὲν τὰ ἱρήια σφάζουσιν, οἱ δὲ σπονδηφορέουσιν, ἄλλοι δὲ πυρφόροι καλέονται καὶ ἄλλοι παραβώμιοι. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 42:1)
πολλαῖσ δ’ αὐτῶν χεῖρεσ προσήρτηντο πυρφόροι στυππία πολλῇ πίττῃ λελιπασμένα περὶ αὑτὰσ ἔχουσαι, προεκκείμεναι τῶν ἁμαξῶν, αἷσ ἔμελλον ἑστηκότεσ ἐπ’ αὐτῶν τινεσ, ὅτε πλησίον γένοιντο τῶν θηρίων, πλήσαντεσ πυρὸσ ἐπὶ τὰσ προβοσκίδασ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα τὰσ πληγὰσ φέρειν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 20, chapter 1 6:1)
ἀσελήνου δὲ τῆσ νυκτὸσ οὔσησ οἱ μὲν πυρφόροι διέλαμπον φερόμενοι βιαίωσ, οἱ δ’ ὀξυβελεῖσ καὶ πετροβόλοι τὴν φορὰν ἀπροόρατον ἔχοντεσ πολλοὺσ διέφθειρον τῶν μὴ δυναμένων συνιδεῖν τὴν ἐπιφερομένην πληγήν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 96 6:1)
ἔτυχον δὲ καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ τῆσ μηχανῆσ λεπίδων τινὲσ ἀποπεσοῦσαι, καταψιλωθέντοσ δὲ τοῦ τόπου προσέπιπτον οἱ πυρφόροι τῷ ξυλοφανεῖ τοῦ κατασκευάσματοσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 96 7:1)
ὧν ταχὺ τὸ προσταχθὲν ποιησάντων ἠριθμήθησαν πυρφόροι μὲν τοῖσ μεγέθεσι παντοῖοι πλείουσ τῶν ὀκτακοσίων, ὀξυβελεῖσ δὲ οὐκ ἐλάττουσ τῶν χιλίων πεντακοσίων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, Books XVIII-XX, book 20, chapter 97 2:1)

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)
ἤιος ()
ἠιών (a sea-bank)
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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