πυρία
καὶ ποταμοὺς τινας διαβάντες ἐν μεγίστῃ παρεγινόμεθα κώμῃ → and having crossed some rivers we reached a very large village
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.).
