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πυρρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρρός πυρρή πυρρόν

Structure: πυρρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu=r

Sense

  1. flame-coloured, yellowish-red, with red hair
  2. red, tawny
  3. red with blushes, red

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ χρώματα οὐδὲν διοίσει ὁποῖα ἂν ἔχωσιν, οὐδ̓ εἰ παντελῶσ εἰε͂ν μέλαιναι ἢ πυρραὶ ἢ λευκαί· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 6 1:1)
  • αἱ μὲν οὖν πυρραὶ ἔχουσαι ἔστωσαν λευκὴν τρίχα ἐπανθοῦσαν περὶ τὰ μέτωπα καὶ αἱ μέλαιναι, αἱ δὲ λευκαὶ πυρράν· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 4 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. red

  2. red with blushes

Related

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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