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

  • ὁ οἶκοσ, τὸ ἅγιον ἡμῶν, καὶ ἡ δόξα, ἣν εὐλόγησαν οἱ πατέρεσ ἡμῶν, ἐγενήθη πυρίκαυστοσ, καὶ πάντα ἔνδοξα ἡμῶν συνέπεσε. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 64:11)
  • καὶ τὸ μὲν αὐτοῦ μεῖν’ ὥσ τε σκῶλοσ πυρίκαυστοσ ἐν σάκει Ἀντιλόχοιο, τὸ δ’ ἥμισυ κεῖτ’ ἐπὶ γαίησ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 13 55:3)

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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