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|Definition=(once πύυρ [◡ x] by 'distraction', <span class="bibl">Simon.59</span> codd. Hdn.Gr. (<span class="title">Rh.Mus.</span>35.101, 38.378)), τό, gen. πῠρός; not used in plural, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> v. [[πυρά]], [[τά]]:—[[fire]], πῦρ [[καίω|καίειν]] or [[δαίειν]] to [[kindle]] [[fire]], <span class="bibl">Il.8.521</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.7.7</span>, etc.; πῦρ [[ἀνακαίω|ἀνακαίειν]], πῦρ [[ἅπτειν]], πῦρ [[ἐξάπτειν]], πῦρ [[αἴθειν]], πῦρ [[ἐναύω|ἐναύειν]], v. sub vocc.; πῦρ [[ποιεῖν]], πῦρ ποιήσασθαι, <span class="bibl">Anaxipp.1.12</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.2.27</span>; οἴσετε πῦρ <span class="bibl">Il.15.718</span>; πῦρ προσέφερον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.2.14</span>; <b class="b3">πῦρ ἐμβαλεῖν νηυσί, κλισίῃσι</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.15.597</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.501</span> (tm.); <b class="b3">πῦρ φυσητέον, ῥιπίζειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>293</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Flam.</span>21</span>; as [[exclamation]], "πῦρ" βοᾷ = he's calling for fire <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>208</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[πῦρ τεχνικόν]] = [[artistically]] [[work]]ing [[fire]], v. [[τεχνικός]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[funeral fire]] (cf. [[πυρά]]), ὄφρα πυρός με . . λελάχωσι θανόντα <span class="bibl">Il.7.79</span>, <span class="bibl">22.342</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15.350</span>, <span class="bibl">23.76</span>; <b class="b3">ζῶντα διδόναι τινὰ πυρί</b> [[burn one alive]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.86</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[sacrificial fire]], ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς <span class="bibl">Il.9.220</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.3.341</span>,<span class="bibl">446</span>; κατὰ τοῦ πυρός σπένδειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>120a</span>; διὰ τοῦ πυρός ὀμνύναι <span class="bibl">D.54.40</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[hearth fire]], πυρὸς ἐσχάραι <span class="bibl">Il.10.418</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.5.59</span>; ἕως ἂν αἴθῃ πῦρ ἐφ' ἑστίας ἐμῆς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1435</span>; πυρὶ δέχεσθαί τινα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>47</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἀθάνατον</b> the [[fire]] of [[Vesta]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Num.</span>9</span>, etc.; deified, Πῦρ ἀθάνατον <span class="title">SIG</span>826 ii 14 (Delph., ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[lightning]], κεραυνὸς ἀενάου πυρός <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.6</span>; πῦρ πνέοντος κεραυνοῦ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>146</span>; πυρὸς ἀμφήκης βόστρυχος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1044</span> (anap.); πυρὶ καὶ στεροπαῖς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>470</span> (anap.); παλτῷ ῥιπτεῖ πυρί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>131</span> (anap.); θείῳ πυρὶ παμφαής <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>728</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[fire]], [[light]], or [[heat]] of the [[sun]], <b class="b3">θερινὸν πῦρ</b>, opp. [[χειμών]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 865b</span>; of the stars, π. πνείοντα ἄστρα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1146</span> (lyr.); [[summer solstice]], <span class="bibl">Alcm.79</span>, Paul.Al.<span class="title">A.</span>3. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[flame]] of [[torch]]es, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>964</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">πῦρ εὐάγγελον, πῦρ ἄγγαρον, πῦρ πομπόν</b>, of the [[beacon]] [[fire]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Ag.</span>21</span>,<span class="bibl">282</span>,<span class="bibl">299</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[fever heat]], [[violent fever]], <b class="b3">πῦρ ἔλαβέν [τινα</b>] <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Epid.</span>1.26</span>.ή, al.; ὁ δ' ἔχων θέρμαν καὶ π. ἧκεν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>690</span>; τεταρταίῳ πυρί <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Aet.</span>3.1.17</span>; πῦρ ἄγριον <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>7.20</span> (of [[erysipelas]] acc. to Gal.19.134). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> phrases, <b class="b3">ἐν πυρὶ γενέσθαι</b> to [[be consumed]], [[come to nothing]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.340</span>; [[φεύγων καπνὸν εἰς πῦρ δεσποτείας ἐμπεπτωκώς]] '[[out of the frying pan into the fire]]', <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>569b</span>, cf. Prov. ap. <span class="bibl">Simp.<span class="title">in Epict.</span> p.72</span> D.; ἦν ἄρα πυρός γ' ἕτερα θερμότερα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>382</span>; πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ [[ἐγχεῖν]], [[ἄγειν]], [[φέρειν]], [[ἐπεισφέρειν]], <span class="bibl">Cratin.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>453</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>880a21</span>, Plu.2.61a; [[εἰς πῦρ ξαίνειν]] '[[plough the sands]]', <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>780c</span>; [[βασανίζειν]] χρυσὸν ἐν πυρί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>413e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.21.20.7</span>: as a type of things [[irresistible]] or [[terrible]], ἀντίος εἶμι, καὶ εἰ πυρὶ χεῖρας ἔοικε <span class="bibl">Il.20.371</span>; μάρναντο δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο <span class="bibl">11.596</span>, al.; Ἕκτωρ πυρὸς αἰνὸν ἔχει μένος <span class="bibl">17.565</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.182</span>; so τὸ πεπρωμένον οὐ πῦρ σχήσει <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>232</span>; κρεῖσσον ἀμαιμακέτου πυρός <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>177</span>; οὐδὲν θηρίον γυναικὸς ἀμαχώτερον, οὐδὲ πῦρ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1015</span>; ἀναρχία κρείσσων πυρός <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>608</span>; ἐχίδνης καὶ πυρὸς περαιτέρω <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>271</span>; so [[διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι]] (as we say) to [[go through fire and water]], [[dash]] through any [[danger]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Oec.</span>21.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>133</span>; but <b class="b3">διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ</b> she [[rage]]d [[furiously]] against the other [[partner]] of the [[bed]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>487</span> (lyr.); διὰ πυρὸς ἔμολον ματρί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1183</span> (lyr.); σωθήσεται οὕτω δὲ ὡς διὰ πυρός <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>3.15</span>; εἰς π. ἅλλεσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span> 1.3.9</span>; κἂν εἰς π. ἐμβαῖεν <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>314.3</span>; πῦρ διέρπειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>265</span>; of persons, ὦ π. σύ . . <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>927</span>; of Hannibal, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Flam.</span>21</span>: metaph. of anxious hope, θάλπει τῷδ' ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>888</span>; of love, ἀρσενικῷ θέρεται π. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>27.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">45.2</span>. (Cf. Arm. hur, OE. fyr 'fire', etc.)</span>