ἄπυρος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ πῦρ (pûr)

Adjective

ἄπυρος (ápurosm or f (neuter ἄπυρον); second declension

  1. Without fire, fireless.

References

ἄπυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

  • ἄπυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἄπυρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἄπυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἄπυρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἄπυρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
  • ἄπυρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • fire idem, page 322.
    • raw idem, page 674.