Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυρορραγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρορραγής πυρορραγές

Structure: πυρορραγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: r(h/gnumi

Sense

  1. bursting in the fire, fire-flawed, cracked

Examples

  • ἐμοὶ μελήσει ταῦτ’, ἐπεί τοι καὶ ψοφεῖ λάλον τι καὶ πυρορραγὲσ κἄλλωσ θεοῖσιν ἐχθρόν. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, strophe 12)

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

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