πυρά
See also: πύρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /py.rǎː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈra/
Noun
πυρᾱ́ • (purā́) f (genitive πυρᾶς); first declension
- funeral pyre
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πῠρᾱ́ hē purā́ |
τὼ πῠρᾱ́ tṑ purā́ |
αἱ πῠραί hai puraí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πῠρᾶς tês purâs |
τοῖν πῠραῖν toîn puraîn |
τῶν πῠρῶν tôn purôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πῠρᾷ têi purâi |
τοῖν πῠραῖν toîn puraîn |
ταῖς πῠραῖς taîs puraîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πῠρᾱ́ν tḕn purā́n |
τὼ πῠρᾱ́ tṑ purā́ |
τᾱ̀ς πῠρᾱ́ς tā̀s purā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῠρᾱ́ purā́ |
πῠρᾱ́ purā́ |
πῠραί puraí | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Related terms
- πῦρ (pûr)
Descendants
References
- πυρά in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4443 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /py.rá/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈra/
Noun
πυρά • (purá) n (genitive πυρῶν); second declension
- (attested as plural only) watchfires
Inflection
References
- πυρά in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πυρά in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πυρά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πυρά in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- πυρά in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G4443 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- camp fires idem, page 110.
- funeral idem, page 349.
- mound idem, page 543.
- pile idem, page 612.
- pyre idem, page 662.
- watch fire idem, page 965.
Greek
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek πυρά (purá).
Noun
πυρά • (pyrá) f (uncountable)
- the stake (when used in English with the definite article - a place of execution)
- θάνατος επί της πυράς ― thánatos epí tis pyrás ― death on the stake
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- pyre
- η πυρά του βωμού ― i pyrá tou vomoú ― the pyre of the altar
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Declension
Declension of πυρά (pyrá)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | πυρά • |
| genitive | πυράς • |
| accusative | πυρά • |
| vocative | πυρά • |
Etymology 2
πῦρ (pûr)
Noun
πυρά • (pyrá) n
- nominative accusative and vocative plural of πυρ (pyr)
- τα πυρά των όπλων ― ta pyrá ton óplon ― the firings of arms
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References
- πυρά in Triantafyllides, Hidryma (1998) Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek]
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