Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυρσοβόλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρσοβόλος πυρσοβόλον

Structure: πυρσοβολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ba/llw

Sense

  1. shooting forth fire

Examples

  • ὀφθαλμοὺσ σπινθῆρασ ἔχεισ, θεόμορφε Λυκῖνε, μᾶλλον δ’ ἀκτῖνασ, δέσποτα, πυρσοβόλουσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1961)

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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