πυρία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πυρίη (puríē) — Ionic
Etymology
From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /py.rí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈri.a/
Noun
πῠρῐ́ᾱ • (pŭrĭ́ā) f (genitive πῠρῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- vapour bath, made by throwing scented substances on hot embers confined under a cloth
- Synonym: ἄργελλᾰ (árgellă)
- (in general) of all forms of external application of heat
- fishing by torchlight
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πῠρῐ́ᾱ hē pŭrĭ́ā |
τὼ πῠρῐ́ᾱ tṑ pŭrĭ́ā |
αἱ πῠρῐ́αι hai pŭrĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πῠρῐ́ᾱς tês pŭrĭ́ās |
τοῖν πῠρῐ́αιν toîn pŭrĭ́ain |
τῶν πῠρῐῶν tôn pŭrĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πῠρῐ́ᾳ tēî pŭrĭ́āi |
τοῖν πῠρῐ́αιν toîn pŭrĭ́ain |
ταῖς πῠρῐ́αις taîs pŭrĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πῠρῐ́ᾱν tḕn pŭrĭ́ān |
τὼ πῠρῐ́ᾱ tṑ pŭrĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς πῠρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s pŭrĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῠρῐ́ᾱ pŭrĭ́ā |
πῠρῐ́ᾱ pŭrĭ́ā |
πῠρῐ́αι pŭrĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πυρίαμα (puríama)
- πυρίασις (puríasis)
- πυριάτη (puriátē)
- πυριατήρ (puriatḗr)
- πυριατήριον (puriatḗrion)
- πυριατός (puriatós)
- πυριάω (puriáō)
Further reading
- “πυρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πυρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πυρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette