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πυρήφατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρήφατος πυρήφατον

Structure: πυρηφατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: puro/s, pe/fatai 3rd sg. perf. pass. of Fe/nw

Sense

  1. the wheat-slaying

Examples

  • Μυλεργάτασ ἀνήρ με κἠν ζωᾶσ χρόνοισ βαρυβρομήταν εἶχε δινητὸν πέτρον, πυρηφάτον Δάματροσ εὐκάρπου λάτριν, καὶ κατθανὼν στάλωσε τῷδ’ ἐπ’ ἠρίῳ, σύνθημα τέχνασ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3941)

Synonyms

  1. the wheat-slaying

Similar forms

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

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