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πυρσώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρσώδης πυρσώδες

Structure: πυρσωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. like a firebrand

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative πυρσώδης πύρσωδες
Genitive πυρσώδους πυρσώδους
Dative πυρσώδει πυρσώδει
Accusative πυρσώδη πύρσωδες
Vocative πυρσῶδες πύρσωδες
DualN/A/V πυρσώδει πυρσώδει
G/D πυρσώδοιν πυρσώδοιν
PluralNominative πυρσώδεις πυρσώδη
Genitive πυρσώδων πυρσώδων
Dative πυρσώδεσιν* πυρσώδεσιν*
Accusative πυρσώδεις πυρσώδη
Vocative πυρσώδεις πυρσώδη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective πυρσώδης πυρσώδους πυρσωδέστερος πυρσωδεστέρου πυρσωδέστατος πυρσωδεστάτου
Adverb πυρσωδέως πυρσωδέστερον πυρσωδέστατα

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

  • Συρίασ δ’ ὡσ λιβάνου κα‐ πνὸν ὁ Βακχεὺσ ἀνέχων πυρσώδη φλόγα πεύκασ ἐκ νάρθηκοσ ἀίσσει δρόμῳ καὶ χοροῖσιν πλανάτασ ἐρεθίζων ἰαχαῖσ τ’ ἀναπάλλων, τρυφερόν <τε> πλόκαμον εἰσ αἰθέρα ῥίπτων. (Euripides, choral, epode3)

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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