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ἄπυρος

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Gloss: unfired

Transliteration: apuros

Strong’s: G6515

without fire , of pans and tripods, that have not yet been on the fire, fire-new, brand-new , (Iliad by Homer): —; without fire , i. e. cold, cheerless , οἶκος (Hesiod):—; ἄπ. χρυσίον unsmelted , (Herdotus Historicus):—; ἄπυρα ἱερά sacrifices in which no fire was used , (Pindar); but in (Aeschulus Tragicus) sacrifices without fire , i. e. that will not burn , or unoffered, neglected :—; ἄπ. ἄρδις an arrow-point not forged in fire , i. e. the sting of the gad-fly, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
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