Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πύρπνους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πύρπνους πύρπνουν

Structure: πυρπνο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = puri/pnoos

Sense

  1. firebreathing

Examples

  • πρὸσ ταῦτά νυν θαρσῶν καθήσθω τοῖσ πεδαρσίοισ κτύποισ πιστόσ, τινάσσων τ’ ἐν χεροῖν πύρπνουν βέλοσ. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode5)

Synonyms

  1. firebreathing

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

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