Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυριγενής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυριγενής πυριγενές

Structure: πυριγενη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gnomai

Sense

  1. born in fire, wrought by fire

Examples

  • τὸ καλὸν οὐ καλόν, τοκέων πυριγενεῖ τεμεῖν παλάμᾳ χρόα μελάνδετον δὲ φόνῳ ξίφοσ ἐσ αὐγὰσ ἀελίοιο δεῖξαι· (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. born in fire

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

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