Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυρηφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρηφόρος πυρηφόρον

Structure: πυρηφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: puro/s, fe/rw

Sense

  1. wheat-bearing

Examples

  • οὐ γάρ πώ τισ ἔναιε βροτῶν ἱερῇ ἐνὶ Θήβῃ, οὐδ’ ἄρα πω τότε γ’ ἦσαν ἀταρπιτοὶ οὐδὲ κέλευθοι Θήβησ ἂμ πεδίον πυρηφόρον, ἀλλ’ ἔχεν ὕλη. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 4:2)
  • ἷξον δ’ ἐσ πεδίον πυρηφόρον, ἔνθα δ’ ἔπειτα ἦνον ὁδόν· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 3 50:4)

Synonyms

  1. wheat-bearing

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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