πυρά: Difference between revisions

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