πυρία

English (LSJ)

Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (πῦρ)

   A vapour-bath, made by throwing odorous substances on hot embers confined under a cloth, Hdt.4.75; πυρίαις χρῆσθαι ἐκ λίθων διαπύρων Str.3.3.6; τὰ σώματα ταῖς π. εὖ διατίθησι Plu.2.658d; πυρίαν ἐφεῦρεν [Μήδεια] Palaeph.43: metaph., γίνονται οἷον πυρίαι ἐν τῷ αἵματι Arist.PA651a1.    2 generally of all forms of external application of heat, ξηραὶ π. Hp.Acut.21; ὑγραί, ξηραί, Gal.15.519, cf. Hp.Aph.5.28, 6.31; of cauteries, πυρίῃσι καυτήρων Aret.CD1.2.    3 = πύελος 2, Moschio ap. Ath.5.207f; so perh. in AP11.243 (Nicarch.).    4 = εἰσώστη, CIG3108,3113 (Teos); tomb-chamber, Keil-Premerstein Dritter Bericht No.108, al., Supp.Epigr.4.548.4 (Ephesus), 594.11 (Colophon).    II fishing by torchlight, Arist.HA537a18 (pl.).