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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative πυρφόρος πύρφορον
Genitive πυρφόρου πυρφόρου
Dative πυρφόρῳ πυρφόρῳ
Accusative πυρφόρον πύρφορον
Vocative πυρφόρε πύρφορον
DualN/A/V πυρφόρω πυρφόρω
G/D πυρφόροιν πυρφόροιν
PluralNominative 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.

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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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