πυρσός
Second declension Noun; Masculine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πυρσός
πυρσοῦ
Structure:
πυρς
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- a firebrand, torch, fires, the fires of love
- a beacon or signal-fire, bale-fire
- watch-fires
Declension
Second declension
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.
- ἐπεὶ δ’ ἀφείθη πυρσὸσ ὣσ Τυρσηνικῆσ σάλπιγγοσ ἠχὴ σῆμα φοινίου μάχησ, ᾖξαν δράμημα δεινὸν ἀλλήλοισ ἔπι· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode, lyric 1:1)
- ἐπεὶ δὲ μᾶλλον αὐξανόμενοσ καὶ διαμελαίνων τὸν ἀέρα καὶ πολὺσ ἄνω χωρῶν ἐδηλοῦτο πυρσὸσ εἶναι φίλιοσ, οἱ μὲν ἀλαλάξαντεσ ἐπέβαινον ἐρρωμένωσ καὶ συνέστελλον εἰσ τὰ τραχύτατα τοὺσ πολεμίουσ, οἱ δὲ ὄπισθεν ἀπὸ τῶν ἄκρων ἀντηλάλαξαν. (Plutarch, Titus Flamininus, chapter 4 6:1)
- κατήριπε δ’ ἐσ μέλαν ὕδωρ ἀθρόοσ, ὡσ ὅτε πυρσὸσ ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ ἤριπεν ἀστὴρ ἀθρόοσ, ἐν πόντῳ, ναύταισ δέ τισ εἶπεν ἑταίροισ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 15)
- χαῖρε Πόθων ἀκτῖνα φέρων θνατοῖσι, Μυΐσκε, καὶ λάμποισ ἐπὶ γᾷ πυρσὸσ ἐμοὶ φίλιοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1104)
- ταῦτά με νῦν τὰ περισσὰ φιλεῖσ, ὅτ’ ἔρωτοσ ἀπέσβη πυρσόσ, ὅτ’ οὐδ’ ἄλλωσ ἡδὺν ἔχω σε φίλον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1821)
Synonyms
-
a firebrand
- δάος (a firebrand, torch)
-
a beacon or signal-fire
- φρυκτωρός (a fire-watch, one who watches to give signals by beacon-fires)
- φρυκτωρία (a giving signals by beacons or alarm fires, telegraphing)
-
watch-fires