Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυρφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρφόρος πυρφόρον

Structure: πυρφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

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

Examples

  • ὡσ καλάμη ἐλογίσθησαν σφῦραι, καταγελᾷ δὲ σεισμοῦ πυρφόρου. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 41:21)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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