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πυρά̄

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυρά̄ πυρᾶς

Structure: πυρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: The accent, as well as the dat. puroi=s, shews that it does not belong to pu=r.

Sense

  1. funeral pyre

Declension

First 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

  • ἀπὸ πνιγμοῦ πυρᾶσ κυκλόθεν καὶ ἐκ μέσου πυρόσ, οὗ οὐκ ἐξέκαυσα. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 51:4)
  • Ελεγον δὲ καὶ τῶν δορυφόρων τινὲσ ὡσ ὅτε ἔμελλε καὶ αὐτὴ συλλαμβάνεσθαι πρὸσ θάνατον, ἵνα μὴ ψαύσειέ τισ τοῦ σώματοσ ἑαυτῆσ, ἑαυτὴν ἔρριψεν κατὰ τῆσ πυρᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 17:1)
  • ἤδη δὲ ἀμελούμενοσ ὑφ’ ἁπάντων καὶ μηκέθ’ ὁμοίωσ περίβλεπτοσ ὤν ‐ ἑώλα γὰρ ἦν ἅπαντα καὶ οὐδὲν ἔτι καινουργεῖν ἐδύνατο ἐφ’ ὅτῳ ἐκπλήξει τοὺσ ἐντυγχάνοντασ καὶ θαυμάζειν καὶ πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἀποβλέπειν ποιήσει, οὗπερ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ δριμύν τινα ἔρωτα ἐρῶν ἐτύγχανεν ‐ τὸ τελευταῖον τοῦτο τόλμημα ἐβουλεύσατο περὶ τῆσ πυρᾶσ, καὶ διέδωκε λόγον ἐσ τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ εὐθὺσ ἀπ’ Ὀλυμπίων τῶν ἔμπροσθεν ὡσ ἐσ τοὐπιὸν καύσων ἑαυτόν. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:47)
  • "ἤκουον δὲ ὡσ οὐδὲ Πρωτεὺσ ἔτι καλεῖσθαι ἀξιοῖ, ἀλλὰ Φοίνικα μετωνόμασεν ἑαυτόν, ὅτι καὶ φοῖνιξ, τὸ Ἰνδικὸν ὄρνεον, ἐπιβαίνειν πυρᾶσ λέγεται πορρωτάτω γήρωσ προβεβηκώσ. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:84)
  • καὶ γὰρ καὶ τόδε τῇ προτεραίᾳ διεδέδοτο ὡσ πρὸσ ἀνίσχοντα τὸν ἥλιον ἀσπασάμενοσ, ὥσπερ ἀμέλει καὶ τοὺσ Βραχμᾶνάσ φασι ποιεῖν, ἐπιβήσεται ^ τῆσ πυρᾶσ. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 19:2)
  • καὶ ἀναλαβόντεσ ἕκαστοσ τὰ σκεύη τὰ πολεμικὰ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνακαύσαντεσ πυρὰσ ἐπὶ τοὺσ πύργουσ αὐτῶν, ἔμενον φυλάσσοντεσ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 7:5)
  • καὶ ἤκουσαν οἱ ὑπεναντίοι ὅτι ἡτοίμασται Ἰωνάθαν καὶ οἱ παῤ αὐτοῦ εἰσ πόλεμον, καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν καὶ ἔπτηξαν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνέκαυσαν πυρὰσ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 12:28)
  • ἕτεροι δὲ ὁμοίωσ προσαναβάντεσ ἐν τῷ περισπασμῷ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἔνδον, ἐνεπίμπρων τοὺσ πύργουσ καὶ πυρὰσ ἀνάψαντεσ ζῶντασ τοὺσ βλασφήμουσ κατέκαιον. οἱ δὲ τὰσ πύλασ διέκοπτον, εἰσδεξάμενοι δὲ τὴν λοιπὴν τάξιν προκατελάβοντο τὴν πόλιν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 10:36)

Synonyms

  1. funeral pyre

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