pyra

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ra/, [ˈpʏ.ra]

Noun

pyra f (genitive pyrae); first declension

1. (funeral) pyre

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pyra	pyrae
genitive	pyrae	pyrārum
dative	pyrae	pyrīs
accusative	pyram	pyrās
ablative	pyrā	pyrīs
vocative	pyra	pyrae

References

• 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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “pyra”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “pyra” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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

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Polish

Noun

pyra f

1. (regional) potato

Usage notes

Used only in the region of Greater Poland.

Declension

declension of pyra

	singular	plural
nominative	pyra	pyry
genitive	pyry	pyr
dative	pyrze	pyrom
accusative	pyrę	pyry
instrumental	pyrą	pyrami
locative	pyrze	pyrach
vocative	pyro	pyry

Synonyms

• kartofel
• ziemniak

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Portuguese

Noun

pyra f (plural pyras)

1. Obsolete spelling of pira (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).