Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυροφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυροφόρος πυροφόρον

Structure: πυροφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: puro/s, fe/rw

Sense

  1. wheat-bearing

Examples

  • τῇσι δὲ βουκόλιαί τε βοῶν χάλκειά τε δύνειν τεύχεα, πυροφόρουσ τε διατμήξασθαι ἀροὔρασ ῥηίτερον πάσῃσιν Ἀθηναίησ πέλεν ἔργων, οἷσ αἰεὶ τὸ πάροιθεν ὁμίλεον. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 11:24)
  • ἐπεὶ οὐ μὲν ὑπ’ ἀνδράσι ναίεται ἄστυ, ἀλλὰ Θρηικίησ ἐπινάστιοι ἠπείροιο πυροφόρουσ ἀρόωσι γύασ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 14:24)

Synonyms

  1. wheat-bearing

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

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