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πυρωπός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρωπός πυρωπόν

Structure: πυρωπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: w)/y

Sense

  1. fiery-eyed, fiery

Declension

First/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.

Examples

  • ἀποφαίνονται γὰρ ὁρᾶσθαι κατὰ τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν ὄφεισ τηλικούτουσ τὸ μέγεθοσ ὥστε μὴ μόνον βοῦσ τε καὶ ταύρουσ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων τὰ τηλικαῦτα τοῖσ ὄγκοισ ἀναλίσκειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖσ ἐλέφασιν εἰσ ἀλκὴν συνίστασθαι, καὶ διὰ μὲν τῆσ σπείρασ ἐμπλεκομένουσ τοῖσ σκέλεσιν ἐμποδίζειν τὴν κατὰ φύσιν κίνησιν, τὸν δ’ αὐχένα μετεωρίσαντασ ὑπὲρ τὴν προβοσκίδα τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐναντίαν ποιεῖν τοῖσ τῶν ἐλεφάντων ὄμμασι, διὰ δὲ τοῦ πυρωποῦ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἀστραπῇ παραπλησίασ τὰσ λαμπηδόνασ προβάλλοντασ ἀποτυφλοῦν τὴν ὁρ́ασιν, καὶ σφήλαντασ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σαρκοφαγεῖν τὰ χειρωθέντα τῶν ζῴων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 37 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. fiery-eyed

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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