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πυρίκαυστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρίκαυστος πυρίκαυστον

Structure: πυρικαυστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. burnt in fire

Examples

  • ἡ γῆ ὑμῶν ἔρημοσ, αἱ πόλεισ ὑμῶν πυρίκαυστοι. τὴν χώραν ὑμῶν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν ἀλλότριοι κατεσθίουσι αὐτήν, καὶ ἠρήμωται κατεστραμμένη ὑπὸ λαῶν ἀλλοτρίων. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 1:7)
  • ὅτι πᾶσαν στολὴν ἐπισυνηγμένην δόλῳ καὶ ἱμάτιον μετὰ καταλλαγῆσ ἀποτίσουσι καὶ θελήσουσιν εἰ ἐγενήθησαν πυρίκαυστοι. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 9:5)

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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