πυρός

English (LSJ)

(in dialects also σπυρός (q. v.)), ὁ,

   A wheat, Triticum vulgare, μελίφρονα, μελιηδέα πυρόν, Il.8.188, 10.569; κατὰ πυρὸν ἄλεσσαν ground it, Od.20.109; given to geese, 19.536: pl., with other grains, πυροί τε ζειαί τε ἰδ' εὐρυφυὲς κρῖ λευκόν 4.604; πυροὶ καὶ κριθαί 9.110, 19.112, cf. Il.11.69, IG12.76.38, al., Hdt.2.36, 4.33, Ar.V.1405, Pax 1145, Av.580, Th.6.22, D.19.145, Thphr.HP8.4.3, Dsc.2.85, etc.    2 a grain of wheat, ἐξ ἑνὸς πυροῦ εἷς πυθμήν Arist.GA728b35, cf. Plu.in Hes.84.    3 π. ἄγριος,= χελιδόνιον τὸ μικρόν, Dsc.2.181. (Cf. Lith. pūraĩ (pl.) 'wheat', and perh. πυρήν.)