πυρία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[πυρίη]], ἡ, ([[πῦρ]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[vapour bath]], made by throwing odorous substances on hot embers confined under a cloth, Hdt.4.75; πυρίαις χρῆσθαι ἐκ λίθων διαπύρων Str.3.3.6; τὰ σώματα ταῖς π. εὖ διατίθησι Plu.2.658d; πυρίαν ἐφεῦρεν [Μήδεια] Palaeph.43: metaph., γίνονται οἷον πυρίαι ἐν τῷ αἵματι Arist.PA651a1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally of all forms of [[external]] [[application]] of [[heat]], ξηραὶ π. Hp.Acut.21; [[ὑγραί]], [[ξηραί]], Gal.15.519, cf. Hp.Aph.5.28, 6.31; of cauteries, πυρίῃσι καυτήρων Aret.CD1.2.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[πύελος]] 2, Moschio ap. Ath.5.207f; so perhaps in AP11.243 (Nicarch.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> = [[εἰσώστη]], CIG3108,3113 (Teos); [[tomb chamber]], Keil-Premerstein ''Dritter Bericht'' No.108, al., Supp.Epigr.4.548.4 (Ephesus), 594.11 (Colophon).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[fishing by torchlight]], Arist.HA537a18 (pl.).