Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

πυροβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυροβόλος πυροβόλον

Structure: πυροβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ba/llw

Sense

  1. giving forth fire: - , bolts or arrows tipped with fire

Examples

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ συνεστώσησ τῆσ μάχησ ὅ τε ἥλιοσ ἀνῄει καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα λαμπρὸν ἐξέπιπτε, σημήνασ ἐπιδρομὴν κατέσπειρε τοῦ χάρακοσ ἄφθονα τῶν πυροβόλων. (Plutarch, Camillus, chapter 34 4:1)

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

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