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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative πυρρός πυρρᾱ́ πυρρόν
Genitive πυρροῦ πυρρᾶς πυρροῦ
Dative πυρρῷ πυρρᾷ πυρρῷ
Accusative πυρρόν πυρρᾱ́ν πυρρόν
Vocative πυρρέ πυρρᾱ́ πυρρόν
DualN/A/V πυρρώ πυρρᾱ́ πυρρώ
G/D πυρροῖν πυρραῖν πυρροῖν
PluralNominative πυρροί πυρραί πυρρά
Genitive πυρρῶν πυρρῶν πυρρῶν
Dative πυρροῖς πυρραῖς πυρροῖς
Accusative πυρρούς πυρρᾱ́ς πυρρά
Vocative πυρροί πυρραί πυρρά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective πυρρός πυρροῦ πυρρότερος πυρροτεροῦ πυρρότατος πυρροτατοῦ
Adverb πυρρώς πυρρότερον πυρρότατα

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

  • Ἀδελφιδόσ μου, λευκὸσ καὶ πυρρόσ, ἐκλελοχισμένοσ ἀπὸ μυριάδων. (Septuagint, Canticum Canticorum 5:10)
  • ἂν δ’ ᾖ πυρρὸσ ἰδεῖν καὶ μὴ λίαν μέγασ, ὀπτᾶν ὀρθῇ κεντήσαντα δέμασ νεοθῆγι μαχαίρᾳ, καὶ πολλῷ τυρῷ καὶ ἐλαίῳ τοῦτον ἄλειφε χαίρει γὰρ δαπανῶντασ ὁρῶν, ἐστὶν δ’ ἀκόλαστοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 73 2:4)
  • "καὶ ὁ μὲν πελάγιοσ πυρρόσ, ὁ δ’ ἕτεροσ μελανίζων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1156)
  • ἦσ δ’ ὁ μὲν αὐτῶν πυρρόσ, ὁ δ’ ἡμιγένειοσ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 2)
  • ὀρθὸσ ἀνέστα ὁ πυρρόσ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 67)
  • ἐπεὶ γὰρ οὕτω διέκειτο ὁ Πύρροσ καὶ ταῦτα ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ ἐπέπειστο, οὐδεὶσ ὅστισ οὐ συνετίθετο καὶ συνέπασχεν αὐτῷ, ἄχρι δή τισ ἐν Λαρίσῃ πρεσβῦτισ ξένη αὐτῷ τἀληθὲσ εἰποῦσα ἔπαυσεν αὐτὸν τῆσ κορύζησ. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 21:6)
  • οὔτε γὰρ οἱ πάλαι βασιλεῖσ Λακεδαιμονίων πολλὰ πραγματευσάμενοι προσαγαγέσθαι τὸ Ἄργοσ βεβαίωσ ἠδυνήθησαν, τε δεινότατοσ τῶν στρατηγῶν Πύρροσ εἰσελθὼν καὶ βιασάμενοσ οὐ κατέσχε τὴν πόλιν, ἀλλ’ ἀπέθανε καὶ πολὺ συνδιεφθάρη μέροσ αὐτῷ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ, ὅθεν ἐθαύμαζον τὴν ὀξύτητα καὶ διάνοιαν τοῦ Κλεομένουσ· (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 18 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. red

  2. red with blushes

Related

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

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