πυρά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῶν, τά, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">watch-fires</b>, in Hom. only nom. and acc., καίωμεν πυρὰ πολλά <span class="bibl">Il.8.509</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">554</span>, <span class="bibl">9.77</span>, <span class="bibl">10.12</span>; ἐκκαύσαντες π. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.134</span>; <b class="b3">πύρ' αἴθει</b> (ν) prob. for <b class="b3">πυραίθει</b> (ν) in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>41</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">78</span>,<span class="bibl">823</span> (lyr.) and for <b class="b3">πύραιθεῖν</b> (sic) in <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1.13</span> P.; πυρὰ δαίεται <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>136</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ὡς . . ᾐσθάνοντό τὰ πυρὰ . . φανέντα</b> the <b class="b2">beacon-fires</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.102</span>; π. κατασβεννύναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.3.25</span>; dat., <b class="b3">ἐπιτυγχάνει πυροῖς ἐρήμοις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">7.2.18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.2.16</span>; of volcanic [[fires]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>833a1</span>; πυρά . . εὔδηλα πᾶσι <span class="bibl">Scymn.258</span>: metaph., δῆμος π. ἐς τὸν Τίβεριν πολλὰ ἐνέβαλε <span class="bibl">D.C.55.13</span>. (A sg. <b class="b3">πυρόν</b> is cited by Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.944</span>, but rejected by <span class="bibl">Eust.729.63</span>: the accent, as well as dat. <b class="b3">πυροῖς</b>, shows that <b class="b3">πυρά</b> does not belong to <b class="b3">πῦρ</b>.)</span><br /><span class="bld">πῠρά</span>, ᾶς, Ep. and Ion. πῠρή, ῆς, ἡ, (πῦρ) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">funeral-pyre</b>, πυραὶ νεκύων καίοντο θαμειαί <span class="bibl">Il.1.52</span>, etc.; πυρῆς ἐπιβάντ' ἀλεγεινῆς <span class="bibl">4.99</span>, etc.; ἐν δὲ πυρῇ ὑπάτῃ νεκρὸν θέσαν <span class="bibl">23.165</span>, <span class="bibl">24.787</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.24</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1254</span>, etc.; ποίησαν δὲ πυρὴν ἑκατόμπεδον <span class="bibl">Il.23.164</span>; <b class="b3">πυρὴν νῆσαι, συννῆσαι</b>, to raise [[one]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.50</span>, <span class="bibl">86</span>; <b class="b3">πυρῆς ἁμμένης</b> ibid.; τινὰ πυρᾷ κέαντες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>757</span>; σκῦλα πρὸς πυρὰν ἐμὴν κόμιζε <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1432</span>; ἐπὶ τῇ π. κείμενος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>614b</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ τῶν ζωγρηθέντων σφαγαὶ εἰς τὴν π</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">391b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">mound raised on the place of the pyre, tumulus</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).63</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>901</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>386</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IT</span>26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[altar for burnt sacrifice]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.167</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 1258</span> (troch.); ἑρκεῖος π. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>483</span>; [[fire burning thereon]], dub. l. in <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[burning mass]], ib.<span class="bibl">107</span>, <span class="bibl">Zos.2.13</span>; <b class="b3">λαμπάδων π</b>. [[a mass of burning]] torches, <span class="bibl">D.S.17.36</span>.</span>