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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

  • μεμνήσεται δ’ οὖν μικρὸν ὕστερον τοῦ Σόλωνοσ, ὅταν αὐτὸν δέῃ ἁλόντα ἐπὶ τὴν πυρὰν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κύρου ἀναχθῆναι· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 13:2)
  • οἱ δὲ καὶ πυρὰν νήσαντεσ πρὸ τῶν χωμάτων καὶ βόθρον τινὰ ὀρύξαντεσ καίουσί τε ταυτὶ τὰ πολυτελῆ δεῖπνα καὶ εἰσ τὰ ὀρύγματα οἶνον καὶ μελίκρατον, ὡσ γοῦν εἰκάσαι, ἐγχέουσιν; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 22:5)
  • ἐμβαλὼν ἑαυτὸν εἰσ τοὺσ κρατῆρασ, ὁ δὲ γεννάδασ οὗτοσ, τὴν πολυανθρωποτάτην τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν πανηγύρεων τηρήσασ, πυρὰν ὅτι μεγίστην νήσασ ἐνεπήδησεν ἐπὶ τοσούτων μαρτύρων, καὶ λόγουσ τινὰσ ὑπὲρ τούτου εἰπὼν πρὸσ τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ οὐ πρὸ πολλῶν ἡμερῶν τοῦ τολμήματοσ. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 2:2)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐν πήρᾳ καὶ βάκτρῳ καὶ τρίβωνι ὁ ζῆλοσ, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ἀσφαλῆ καὶ ῥᾴδια καὶ παντὸσ ἂν εἰή, τὸ τέλοσ δὲ καὶ τὸ κεφάλαιον χρὴ ζηλοῦν καὶ πυρὰν συνθέντα κορμῶν συκίνων ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα χλωρῶν ἐναποπνιγῆναι τῷ καπνῷ· (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:68)
  • "οὐκ ἀπ’ ἐλπίδοσ μὴ ἀναπηδήσασθαι αὐτὸν καὶ ἡμίφλεκτον, εἰ μή, ὅπερ φασί, μηχανήσεται βαθεῖαν γενέσθαι καὶ ἐν βόθρῳ τὴν πυράν. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:78)

Synonyms

  1. funeral pyre

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