Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυρίδαπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρίδαπτος πυρίδαπτον

Structure: πυριδαπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: da/ptw

Sense

  1. devoured by fire

Examples

  • ἵλαοι δὲ καὶ σύμφρονεσ γᾷ δεῦρ’ ἴτε, σεμναί, <ξὺν> πυριδάπτῳ λαμπάδι τερπόμεναι καθ’ ὁδόν. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, strophe 21)

Synonyms

  1. devoured by fire

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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