pyra

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpy.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpiː.ra]

pyra f (genitive pyrae); first declension

1. (funeral) pyre
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.494–495:

     “Tū sēcrēta pyram tēctō interiōre sub aurās / ērige, [...].”

     “Secretly, you must build a pyre within the palace, under the open air, [...].”

First-declension noun.

• “pyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pyra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "pyra", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• pyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pyra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pyra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

• pera

Unknown. May be related to Peru where potatoes come from.

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• Rhymes: -ɘra
• Syllabification: py‧ra
• Homophone: Pyra

pyra f (diminutive pyrka or pyreczka or pyruszka)

1. (regional, Poznań, Łódź or dialectal, Krajna) potato

   Synonyms: kartofel, perka, ziemniak

2. (humorous) resident of Poznań

   Synonym: poznaniak

3. (Łódź) potato enthusiast

• “Pyra”, in Słownik gwary miejskiej Poznania, (Can we date this quote?)

• pyra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pyra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Karol Malczewski (2024) “pyra”, in Słownik Gwary Krajeńskiej [A dictionary of the Krajna dialect]

pyra f (plural pyras)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pira.

pyra (present pyr, preterite pyrde, supine pyrt, imperative pyr)

1. to smolder (of a fire, or with the same figurative senses as in English)

   Missnöjet pyrde inom landet. När som helst kunde en revolution bryta ut.

   There was smoldering dissatisfaction within the country. At any moment, a revolution could break out.

• pyra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pyra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pyra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)