πυρκαϊά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πυρκαϊή (purkaïḗ)

Etymology

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ καίω (kaíō, “to light, kindle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr.ka.i.ǎː/ → /pyr.ka.iˈa/ → /pir.ka.iˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr.ka.i.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyr.ka.iˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyr.ka.iˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyr.ka.iˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pir.ka.iˈa/

Noun

πῠρκᾰϊᾱ́ • (pŭrkăïā́) f (genitive πῠρκᾰϊᾶς); first declension

1. funeral pyre, burning pyre
2. conflagration, arson
3. (figuratively) flame of love
4. burnt ruins
5. olive tree which has been burnt down to the stump

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πῠρκᾰῐ̈ᾱ́; τῆς πῠρκᾰῐ̈ᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῠρκᾰῐ̈ᾱ́ hē pŭrkăĭ̈ā́	τὼ πῠρκᾰῐ̈ᾱ́ tṑ pŭrkăĭ̈ā́	αἱ πῠρκᾰῐ̈αί hai pŭrkăĭ̈aí
Genitive	τῆς πῠρκᾰῐ̈ᾶς tês pŭrkăĭ̈âs	τοῖν πῠρκᾰῐ̈αῖν toîn pŭrkăĭ̈aîn	τῶν πῠρκᾰῐ̈ῶν tôn pŭrkăĭ̈ôn
Dative	τῇ πῠρκᾰῐ̈ᾷ têi pŭrkăĭ̈âi	τοῖν πῠρκᾰῐ̈αῖν toîn pŭrkăĭ̈aîn	ταῖς πῠρκᾰῐ̈αῖς taîs pŭrkăĭ̈aîs
Accusative	τὴν πῠρκᾰῐ̈ᾱ́ν tḕn pŭrkăĭ̈ā́n	τὼ πῠρκᾰῐ̈ᾱ́ tṑ pŭrkăĭ̈ā́	τᾱ̀ς πῠρκᾰῐ̈ᾱ́ς tā̀s pŭrkăĭ̈ā́s
Vocative	πῠρκᾰῐ̈ᾱ́ pŭrkăĭ̈ā́	πῠρκᾰῐ̈ᾱ́ pŭrkăĭ̈ā́	πῠρκᾰῐ̈αί pŭrkăĭ̈aí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πυρκαγιά (pyrkagiá)

Further reading

• “πυρκαϊά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πυρκαϊά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette