πυρίφλεκτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ φλέγω (phlégō, “to burn”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /py.rí.pʰlek.tos/ → /pyˈri.ɸlek.tos/ → /piˈri.flek.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /py.rí.pʰlek.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.pʰlek.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.ɸlek.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.flek.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈri.flek.tos/

Adjective

πῠρῐ́φλεκτος • (puríphlektos) m or f (neuter πῠρῐ́φλεκτον); second declension

1. burnt or blazing with fire, fiery

Declension

Second declension of πῠρῐ́φλεκτος; πῠρῐ́φλεκτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πῠρῐ́φλεκτος puríphlektos	πῠρῐ́φλεκτον puríphlekton		πῠρῐφλέκτω puriphléktō	πῠρῐφλέκτω puriphléktō		πῠρῐ́φλεκτοι puríphlektoi	πῠρῐ́φλεκτᾰ puríphlekta
Genitive		πῠρῐφλέκτου puriphléktou	πῠρῐφλέκτου puriphléktou		πῠρῐφλέκτοιν puriphléktoin	πῠρῐφλέκτοιν puriphléktoin		πῠρῐφλέκτων puriphléktōn	πῠρῐφλέκτων puriphléktōn
Dative		πῠρῐφλέκτῳ puriphléktōi	πῠρῐφλέκτῳ puriphléktōi		πῠρῐφλέκτοιν puriphléktoin	πῠρῐφλέκτοιν puriphléktoin		πῠρῐφλέκτοις puriphléktois	πῠρῐφλέκτοις puriphléktois
Accusative		πῠρῐ́φλεκτον puríphlekton	πῠρῐ́φλεκτον puríphlekton		πῠρῐφλέκτω puriphléktō	πῠρῐφλέκτω puriphléktō		πῠρῐφλέκτους puriphléktous	πῠρῐ́φλεκτᾰ puríphlekta
Vocative		πῠρῐ́φλεκτε puríphlekte	πῠρῐ́φλεκτον puríphlekton		πῠρῐφλέκτω puriphléktō	πῠρῐφλέκτω puriphléktō		πῠρῐ́φλεκτοι puríphlektoi	πῠρῐ́φλεκτᾰ puríphlekta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πῠρῐφλέκτως puriphléktōs			πῠρῐφλεκτότερος puriphlektóteros			πῠρῐφλεκτότᾰτος puriphlektótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πυρίφλεκτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πυρίφλεκτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette