πυρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(in dialects also σπυρός (q. v.)), ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[wheat]], [[Triticum vulgare]], <b class="b3">μελίφρονα, μελιηδέα πυρόν</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.8.188</span>, <span class="bibl">10.569</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ πυρὸν ἄλεσσαν</b> ground [[it]], <span class="bibl">Od.20.109</span>; given to geese, <span class="bibl">19.536</span>: pl., with other grains, πυροί τε ζειαί τε ἰδ' εὐρυφυὲς κρῖ λευκόν <span class="bibl">4.604</span>; πυροὶ καὶ κριθαί <span class="bibl">9.110</span>, <span class="bibl">19.112</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.11.69</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.76.38, al., <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.36</span>, <span class="bibl">4.33</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1405</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span> 1145</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>580</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.22</span>, <span class="bibl">D.19.145</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.4.3</span>, Dsc.2.85, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">a grain of wheat</b>, ἐξ ἑνὸς πυροῦ εἷς πυθμήν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>728b35</span>, cf. Plu.<span class="title">in Hes.</span>84. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">π. ἄγριος</b>,= <b class="b3">χελιδόνιον τὸ μικρόν</b>, Dsc.2.181. (Cf. Lith. [[pūraĩ]] (pl.) 'wheat', and perh. <b class="b3">πυρήν</b>.)</span>