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πυρίφλεκτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρίφλεκτος πυρίφλεκτον

Structure: πυριφλεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fle/gw

Sense

  1. blazing with fire

Examples

  • καὶ πέλασ ἄλλοσ αὐ‐ τοῦ πανὸν πυρίφλεκτον αἴ‐ ρει τισ ‐ ἆρ’ ὃσ ἐμαῖσι μυ‐ θεύεται παρὰ πήναισ, ἀσπιστὰσ Ιὄλαοσ, ὃσ κοινοὺσ αἰρόμενοσ πόνουσ Δίῳ παιδὶ συναντλεῖ; (Euripides, Ion, choral, antistrophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. blazing with fire

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

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