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πυρρίχη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρρίχη

Structure: πυρριχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. the pyrrhic dance, a, war-dance
  2. contortions

Declension

First declension

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

  • λιστα, μή , καθάπερ ἔνιοι τῶν ἀγυμνάστων περὶ λόγον λαβὰσ ἀμούσουσ καὶ ἀτέχνουσ ζητοῦντεσ ἐν τοῖσ πολλοῖσ τῆσ γαστρὸσ ἕλκουσιν εὐωχοῦντεσ ἢ τοῦ βαλλαντίου διδόντεσ, ἢ πυρρίχασ τινὰσ ἢ μονομάχων θεάματα παρασκευάζοντεσ ἀεὶ δημαγωγοῦσι, μᾶλλον δὲ δημοκοποῦσι. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 5 22:1)
  • δεύτεροσ πολίτησ αὐτοῦ, πυρρίχασ καὶ φλυαρίασ συντεταγμένοσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. s'. HRAKLEIDHS 8:14)

Synonyms

  1. the pyrrhic dance

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

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