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πυρρός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρρός πυρρή πυρρόν

Structure: πυρρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu=r

Sense

flame-coloured, yellowish-red, with red hair
red, tawny
red with blushes, red

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	πυρρός	πυρρᾱ́	πυρρόν
	Genitive	πυρροῦ	πυρρᾶς	πυρροῦ
	Dative	πυρρῷ	πυρρᾷ	πυρρῷ
	Accusative	πυρρόν	πυρρᾱ́ν	πυρρόν
	Vocative	πυρρέ	πυρρᾱ́	πυρρόν
Dual	N/A/V	πυρρώ	πυρρᾱ́	πυρρώ
Dual	G/D	πυρροῖν	πυρραῖν	πυρροῖν
Plural	Nominative	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

πέτρασ δὲ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἵππων τὴν καμπὴν ἀνεστηκυίασ χρόαν πυρρᾶσ, ἡ ἀπ’ αὐτῆσ αὐγὴ κατὰ ταὐτὰ καὶ εἰ πῦρ ἐνεποίει φόβον τοῖσ ἵπποισ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 20 28:4)
ἰδίωσ μέντοι τοῦτον φασὶν Ἀδραμυττηνόν, τὸν κλειόμενον ὑπὸ ταύτησ τε τῆσ ἄκρασ ἐφ’ ᾗ τὰ Γάργαρα, καὶ τῆσ Πυρρᾶσ ἄκρασ προσαγορευομένησ ἐφ’ ᾗ καὶ ἀφροδίσιον ἵδρυται. (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 85:12)
ἔξω δὲ τοῦ κόλπου καὶ τῆσ Πυρρᾶσ ἄκρασ ἥ τε Κισθήνη ἐστὶ πόλισ ἔρημοσ ἔχουσα λιμένα. (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 85:18)
σημαίνει δὲ τοῦτο κατὰ γλῶτταν τὴν Ἑβραίων πυρρόν, ἐπειδήπερ ἀπὸ τῆσ πυρρᾶσ γῆσ φυραθείσησ ἐγεγόνει· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 1 42:4)
"ὅπωσ δὲ καὶ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῶν λόγων θαυμάζωσιν, ἀπὸ τῶν Ἰλιακῶν ἀρξάμενοσ ἢ καὶ νὴ Δία ἀπὸ τῶν Δευκαλίωνοσ καὶ Πύρρασ γάμων, ἢν δοκῇ, καταβίβαζε τὸν λόγον ἐπὶ τὰ νῦν καθεστῶτα. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:40)
τὰσ ὀφρῦσ πυρρὰσ ἔχει τισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 23 2:1)
ἐπεὶ δὲ ἀφανίσαι Ζεὺσ τὸ χαλκοῦν ἠθέλησε γένοσ, ὑποθεμένου Προμηθέωσ Δευκαλίων τεκτηνάμενοσ λάρνακα, καὶ τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἐνθέμενοσ, εἰσ ταύτην μετὰ Πύρρασ εἰσέβη. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 7 2:3)
γίνονται δὲ ἐκ Πύρρασ Δευκαλίωνι παῖδεσ Ἕλλην μὲν πρῶτοσ, ὃν ἐκ Διὸσ γεγεννῆσθαι <ἔνιοι> λέγουσι, <δεύτεροσ δὲ> Ἀμφικτύων ὁ μετὰ Κραναὸν βασιλεύσασ τῆσ Ἀττικῆσ, θυγάτηρ δὲ Πρωτογένεια, ἐξ ἧσ καὶ Διὸσ Αἔθλιοσ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 7 2:11)
Ἐπειδὴ Πύρρασ . (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , mixed meters156)

Synonyms

red
- δαφοινός (blood-red, tawny, red)
- ἐρυθρός (red)
- μίλτειος (red, red)
- πύρριχος (red)
- ξουθόπτερος (with tawny wings)
red with blushes
- ἐρυθρός (red)
- μίλτειος (red, red)
- πύρριχος (red)

ἐνναίω (to dwell in)
Μολοσσός (a Molossian)
Περσεύς (Perseus)
ἐφυβρίζω (to insult over)
Βουκεφάλας ()
χρυσόγονος (born or begotten of gold)
Μέμνων (the steadfast or resolute)
λυσίμαχος (ending strife)
ξενίζω (to receive or entertain strangers)
Ταραντῖνον (a fine Tarentine woman's garment)
Ταράντινος (Tarentine)
χειμάζω (to pass the winter)
παραχειμάζω (to winter in or at)
φιλομήτωρ (loving one's mother)
κάρανος (a chief)
κάρανον ()
Νεοπτόλεμος (new-warrior)
λόγιμος (worth mention)
ναύμαχος (of or for a sea-fight)
ἅλωσις (a taking)
ἐπανήκω (to have come back)
δορυφόρος (spear-bearing)
παρέλκω (to draw aside)
ναυαρχίς (the ship of the)
κυνήγιον (the hunt)
Βρέττιος (Any individual among the Bruttii)
νυκτομαχία (a night- battle)
συστάς (standing together)
Λακωνισμός (imitation of Lacedaemonian manners)
γογγύλος (round)

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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red with blushes

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πυρρός

Sense

Declension

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red

red with blushes

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