πυρά

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Derived from πῦρ (pûr, fire).[1]

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Noun

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πῠρᾱ́ (purā́f (genitive πῠρᾶς); first declension

  1. funeral pyre
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Descendants
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  • Greek: πυρά (pyrá) (learned)
  • Latin: pyra
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Etymology 2

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Derived from πῦρ (pûr, fire). Originally the plural.[1]

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Noun

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πυρά (purán (genitive πυρῶν); second declension

  1. (attested as plural only) watchfires
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References
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  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

Greek

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /piˈɾa/
  • Hyphenation: πυ‧ρά

Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá).

Noun

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πυρά (pyráf (plural πυρές) (formal)

  1. the stake (when used in English with the definite article - a place of execution)
    θάνατος επί της πυράςthánatos epí tis pyrásdeath at the stake
  2. pyre
    η πυρά του βωμούi pyrá tou vomoúthe pyre of the altar
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Etymology 2

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Plural of πυρ (pyr)

Noun

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πυρά (pyrán

  1. (in the plural: military) firing of arms, Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of πυρ (pyr).
    τα πυρά των όπλωνta pyrá ton óplonthe firing of arms

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