πυρία
ἐν πιθήκοις ὄντα δεῖ εἶναι πίθηκον → in Rome we do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans | when in Rome, do like the Romans do | when in Rome | being among monkeys one has to be a monkey
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.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 821] ἡ, das trockene Dampfbad od. Schwitzbad, Her. 4, 75; Plut. Symp. 3, 10, 3; der Ort dazu, der gew. πυριατήριον heißt; auch eine Badewanne, Ath. V, 207 e; πυρίαν καθελεῖν, Nicarch. 15 (XI, 243), vielleicht = den Kessel vom Feuer nehmen. – Uebtr., οἷον πυρίαι ἐν τῷ αἵματι γίγνονται, Arist. part. an. 2, 4. – Auch = πυρευτική, Fischfang beim Fackelscheine, als v. l. bei Arist. H. A. 4, 10.
