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πυρναῖος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: pyrnaios

Principal Part: πυρναῖος πυρναῖη πυρναῖον

Structure: πυρναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: πύρνον

Sense

  1. fit for eating

Examples

  • τυτθὸν δ ὅσσον ἄπωθεν ἁλιτρύτοιο γέροντος πυρναίαις σταφυλαῖσι καλὸν βέβριθεν ἀλωά, τὰν ὀλίγος τις κῶρος ἐφ αἱμασιαῖσι φυλάσσει ἥμενος: (Theocritus, Idylls, 27)

Synonyms

  1. fit for eating

Similar forms

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

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