πῦρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ur, *ph₂wens (“fire”). Cognates include Old Armenian հուր (hur), Hittite 𒉺𒀪𒄯 (paḫḫur), and Old English fȳr (English fire).

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [pʉ́ː̀r]
• (Koine): IPA: [pyːr]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [pyr]

Noun

πῦρ (genitive πυρός) n, third declension; (pūr)

1. a fire
   1. a funerary fire
   2. a sacrificial fire
2. lightning
3. a fever

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	πῦρ
Genitive	πῠρός
Dative	πῠρί
Accusative	πῦρ
Vocative	πῦρ

Related terms

• πυρά
• πυράζω
• πυρακτέω

References

• BDAG
• πῦρ in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Beekes Greek etymological dictionary
• Strong’s concordance number: G4442