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πυρίπνους

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρίπνους πυρίπνουν

Structure: πυριπνο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pne/w

Sense

  1. fire-breathing, fiery

Examples

  • Ἀνδροθέᾳ δῶρον ὁ Φωκεὺσ κρατερᾶσ μηδοσύνασ ἦρα τίνων Ἀθάνᾳ ὠπασ1’ Ἐπειὸσ πέλεκυν, τῷ ποκὰ πύργων θεοτεύκτων κατέρειψεν αἶποσ, τᾶμοσ, ἐπεὶ τὰν ἱερὰν κηρὶ πυρίπνῳ πόλιν ᾐθάλωσεν Δαρδανιδᾶν, χρυσοβαφεῖσ τ’ ἐστυφέλιξ’ ἐκ θεμέθλων ἄνακτασ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 15, chapter 22 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. fire-breathing

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

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