πυρά

See also: πύρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πυρή (purḗ) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology 1

Derived from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(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 • (pŭrā́) f (genitive πῠρᾶς); first declension

funeral pyre

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πῠρᾱ́; τῆς πῠρᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῠρᾱ́ hē pŭrā́	τὼ πῠρᾱ́ tṑ pŭrā́	αἱ πῠραί hai pŭraí
Genitive	τῆς πῠρᾶς tês pŭrâs	τοῖν πῠραῖν toîn pŭraîn	τῶν πῠρῶν tôn pŭrôn
Dative	τῇ πῠρᾷ tēî pŭrāî	τοῖν πῠραῖν toîn pŭraîn	ταῖς πῠραῖς taîs pŭraîs
Accusative	τὴν πῠρᾱ́ν tḕn pŭrā́n	τὼ πῠρᾱ́ tṑ pŭrā́	τᾱ̀ς πῠρᾱ́ς tā̀s pŭrā́s
Vocative	πῠρᾱ́ pŭrā́	πῠρᾱ́ pŭrā́	πῠραί pŭraí
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.^[1]

Pronunciation

(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

(attested as plural only) watchfires

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ πῠρᾰ́; τῶν πῠρῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ πῠρᾰ́ tằ pŭrắ
Genitive	τῶν πῠρῶν tôn pŭrôn
Dative	τοῖς πῠροῖς toîs pŭroîs
Accusative	τᾰ̀ πῠρᾰ́ tằ pŭrắ
Vocative	πῠρᾰ́ pŭrắ
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 pŭrắ
Genitive	πῠρῶν pŭrôn
Dative	πῠροῖς / πῠροῖσῐ / πῠροῖσῐν pŭroîs / pŭroîsĭ(n)
Accusative	πῠρᾰ́ pŭrắ
Vocative	πῠρᾰ́ pŭrắ
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.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1260

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piˈɾa/
Hyphenation: πυ‧ρά

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá).

Noun

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

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
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

(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

[Beekes2010-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1260

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