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πυροφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυροφόρος πυροφόρον

Structure: πυροφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: puro/s, fe/rw

Sense

  1. wheat-bearing

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative πυροφόρος πυρόφορον
Genitive πυροφόρου πυροφόρου
Dative πυροφόρῳ πυροφόρῳ
Accusative πυροφόρον πυρόφορον
Vocative πυροφόρε πυρόφορον
DualN/A/V πυροφόρω πυροφόρω
G/D πυροφόροιν πυροφόροιν
PluralNominative πυροφόροι πυρόφορα
Genitive πυροφόρων πυροφόρων
Dative πυροφόροις πυροφόροις
Accusative πυροφόρους πυρόφορα
Vocative πυροφόροι πυρόφορα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective πυροφόρος πυροφόρου πυροφορώτερος πυροφορωτέρου πυροφορώτατος πυροφορωτάτου
Adverb πυροφόρως πυροφορώτερον πυροφορώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κατὰ τυμβωρύχου οὔρεά σοι καὶ πόντοσ, ἀτάσθαλε, καὶ πεδίοισι τέρπῃ πυροφόροισ τετραπόδων τ’ ἀγέλαισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1051)

Synonyms

  1. wheat-bearing

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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