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.
- βαλὼν δ’ ἐπ’ ἐμὴν φρένα πυρσούσ, οὐ φλέξεισ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 484)
- κἄπειτα συνθέσθαι πρὸσ αὑτοὺσ διότι τοὺσ μὲν πρώτουσ ἀρεῖ πυρσοὺσ ὁ μέλλων σημαίνειν ἅμα καὶ δύο καὶ μενεῖ μέχρισ ἂν ὁ ἕτεροσ ἀνταίρῃ. (Polybius, Histories, book 10, chapter 45 9:1)
- παραπεφράχθαι δὲ καὶ τὸν δεξιὸν καὶ τὸν εὐώνυμον τόπον ἐπὶ δέκα πόδασ, τὸ δὲ βάθοσ ὡσ ἀνδρόμηκεσ, εἰσ τὸ τοὺσ πυρσοὺσ αἰρομένουσ μὲν παρὰ ταῦτα τὴν φάσιν ἀκριβῆ ποιεῖν, καθαιρουμένουσ δὲ τὴν κρύψιν. (Polybius, Histories, book 10, chapter 46 3:1)
- δεήσει δὲ καὶ πυρσοὺσ ἐκ τῶν εὐωνύμων δύ’ αἴρειν, ὥστε τὸν ἀποδεχόμενον γινώσκειν ὅτι δεῖ τὸ δεύτερον πλατεῖον ἐπισκοπεῖν. (Polybius, Histories, book 10, chapter 46 7:2)
- τοῦτο γὰρ πέμπτον ἐστὶ τῆσ δευτέρασ μερίδοσ, ὃ δεήσει γράφειν εἰσ τὸ πινάκιον τὸν ἀποδεχόμενον τοὺσ πυρσούσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 10, chapter 46 8:2)
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