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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πυρά̄ πυρᾱ́ πυραί
Genitive πυρᾶς πυραῖν πυρῶν
Dative πυρᾷ πυραῖν πυραῖς
Accusative πυρᾱ́ν πυρᾱ́ πυρᾱ́ς
Vocative πυρᾱ́ πυρᾱ́ πυραί

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

  • ἑπτὰ γὰρ δαίσαντο πυραὶ νεογυίουσ φῶτασ· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 9 10:3)
  • καὶ ἦσαν πυραὶ πανταχοῦ κατὰ τὸ ἄστυ καὶ δι’ αὐτῶν ἔθεον ἀνὰ τὴν νύκτα πᾶσαν ἐσ τὰσ τῶν βουλευτῶν οἰκίασ οἱ τῶν ἀνδροφόνων οἰκεῖοι, παρακαλοῦντεσ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆσ πατρίου πολιτείασ· (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 2, chapter 17 8:5)
  • αἰεὶ δὲ πυραὶ νεκύων καίοντο θαμειαί. (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 7:7)
  • πυραὶ δ’ ἀήθεισ ἐκάοντο ὁμοίωσ νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, ταῖσ πρόσθεν ἱερομηνίαισ ἀντίστροφοι· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. funeral pyre

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