πυρά

See also: πύρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πυρή (purḗ) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology 1

Derived from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /py.rǎː/ → /pyˈra/ → /piˈra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /py.rǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈra/

Noun

πῠρᾱ́ • (purā́) f (genitive πῠρᾶς); first declension

1. funeral pyre

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πῠρᾱ́; τῆς πῠρᾶς (Attic)

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

• → Greek: πυρά (pyrá) (learned)
• Latin: pyra
  • → English: pyre

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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

Derived from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”). Originally the plural.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /py.rá/ → /pyˈra/ → /piˈra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /py.rá/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈra/

Noun

πυρά • (purá) n (genitive πυρῶν); second declension

1. (attested as plural only) watchfires

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ πῠρᾰ́; τῶν πῠρῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ πῠρᾰ́ tà purá
Genitive	τῶν πῠρῶν tôn purôn
Dative	τοῖς πῠροῖς toîs puroîs
Accusative	τᾰ̀ πῠρᾰ́ tà purá
Vocative	πῠρᾰ́ purá
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of πῠρᾰ́; πῠρῶν (Epic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	πῠρᾰ́ purá
Genitive	πῠρῶν purôn
Dative	πῠροῖσῐ / πῠροῖσῐν / πῠροῖς puroîsi(n) / puroîs
Accusative	πῠρᾰ́ purá
Vocative	πῠρᾰ́ purá
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈɾa/
• Hyphenation: πυ‧ρά

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá).

Noun

πυρά • (pyrá) f (plural πυρές) (formal)

1. the stake (when used in English with the definite article - a place of execution)

   θάνατος επί της πυράς ― thánatos epí tis pyrás ― death at the stake

2. pyre

   η πυρά του βωμού ― i pyrá tou vomoú ― the pyre of the altar

Declension

Declension of πυρά

	singular	plural
nominative	πυρά (pyrá)	πυρές (pyrés)
genitive	πυράς (pyrás)	πυρών (pyrón)
accusative	πυρά (pyrá)	πυρές (pyrés)
vocative	πυρά (pyrá)	πυρές (pyrés)

Etymology 2

Plural of πυρ (pyr)

Noun

πυρά • (pyrá) n

1. (in the plural: military) firing of arms, nominative/accusative/vocative plural of πυρ (pyr)

   τα πυρά των όπλων ― ta pyrá ton óplon ― the firing of arms

References

• πυρά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language