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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

  • "πολεμισταὶ μέν, ὦ Πύρρε, Ῥωμαῖοι λέγονται καὶ πολλῶν ἐθνῶν μαχίμων ἄρχοντεσ· (Plutarch, chapter 14 2:4)
  • πλὴν κρηπὶσ κρύψει ποδὸσ ἴχνιον, ὠγαθὲ Πύρρε, κάλλεϊ δὲ σφετέρῳ τέρψει ἀγαλλόμενον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 96 1:2)

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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