Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυρίκαυστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρίκαυστος πυρίκαυστον

Structure: πυρικαυστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. burnt in fire

Examples

  • καὶ τὰ ἄκρα πολλῶν ἐπιμελανθέντων, τὸ θερμὸν ἐξέπεσε, πυρικαύστοισ ἰδεῖν προσέοικε πήγνυσι γὰρ τὸ ψυχρὸν τὰ μὲν μᾶλλον τὰ δ’ ἧττον, μάλιστα δ’ οἷσ πρώτωσ ἐνυπάρχειν πέφυκεν. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 19 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. burnt in fire

Related

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

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