πυρία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. <b class="b3">-ιη</b>, ἡ, (πῦρ) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">vapour-bath</b>, made by throwing odorous substances on hot embers confined under a cloth, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.75</span>; πυρίαις χρῆσθαι ἐκ λίθων διαπύρων <span class="bibl">Str.3.3.6</span>; τὰ σώματα ταῖς π. εὖ διατίθησι Plu.2.658d; <b class="b3">πυρίαν ἐφεῦρεν [Μήδεια</b>] <span class="bibl">Palaeph.43</span>: metaph., γίνονται οἷον πυρίαι ἐν τῷ αἵματι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>651a1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally of all forms of <b class="b2">external application of heat</b>, <b class="b3">ξηραὶ π</b>. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>21</span>; <b class="b3">ὑγραί, ξηραί</b>, Gal.15.519, cf. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>5.28</span>, <span class="bibl">6.31</span>; of cauteries, πυρίῃσι καυτήρων <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CD</span>1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[πύελος]] <span class="bibl">2</span>, Moschio ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.5.207f</span>; so perh. in <span class="title">AP</span>11.243 (Nicarch.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> = [[εἰσώστη]], <span class="title">CIG</span>3108,3113 (Teos); <b class="b2">tomb-chamber</b>, Keil-Premerstein <b class="b2">Dritter Bericht</b> No.108, al., <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>4.548.4 (Ephesus), 594.11 (Colophon). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">fishing by torchlight</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>537a18</span> (pl.).</span>