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πυρπόλημα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρπόλημα πυρπόληματος

Structure: πυρποληματ (Stem)

Etym.: from purpole/w

Sense

  1. a watchfire, beacon

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πυρπόλημα πυρπολήματε πυρπολήματα
Genitive πυρπολήματος πυρπολημάτοιν πυρπολημάτων
Dative πυρπολήματι πυρπολημάτοιν πυρπολήμασιν*
Accusative πυρπόλημα πυρπολήματε πυρπολήματα
Vocative πυρπόλημα πυρπολήματε πυρπολήματα

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

  • τί σοι λέγοιμ’ ἂν τὰσ ἐν Αἰγαίῳ φθορὰσ τὰ Ναυπλίου τ’ Εὐβοικὰ πυρπολήματα Κρήτην τε Λιβύησ θ’ ἃσ ἐπεστράφην πόλεισ, σκοπιάσ τε Περσέωσ; (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 2:7)

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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