pyra
From LSJ
Ζῶμεν πρὸς αὐτὴν τὴν τύχην οἱ σώφρονες → Fortunae arbitrio nos modesti vivimus → Wir Weise leben mit dem Ziel des Glücks allein
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pyra: ae, f., = πυρά>.
I A funeral pile, pyre (pure Lat. rogus), Verg. A. 6, 215; 11, 185; Ov. F. 2, 534; id. Ib. 36; Auct. B. Afr. 91; Vulg. Ezech. 24, 9.—
B A fire, Vulg. Act. 28, 2.—
II Pyra, ae, f., the name of the place on Mount Œta where Hercules is said to have burned himself, Liv. 36, 30.
