πυρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πυρίη (puríē) — Ionic

Etymology

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /py.rí.aː/ → /pyˈri.a/ → /piˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /py.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈri.a/

Noun

πῠρῐ́ᾱ • (puríā) f (genitive πῠρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. vapour bath, made by throwing scented substances on hot embers confined under a cloth

   Synonym: ἄργελλᾰ (árgella)

2. (in general) of all forms of external application of heat
3. fishing by torchlight

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πῠρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πῠρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῠρῐ́ᾱ hē puríā	τὼ πῠρῐ́ᾱ tṑ puríā	αἱ πῠρῐ́αι hai puríai
Genitive	τῆς πῠρῐ́ᾱς tês puríās	τοῖν πῠρῐ́αιν toîn puríain	τῶν πῠρῐῶν tôn puriôn
Dative	τῇ πῠρῐ́ᾳ têi puríāi	τοῖν πῠρῐ́αιν toîn puríain	ταῖς πῠρῐ́αις taîs puríais
Accusative	τὴν πῠρῐ́ᾱν tḕn puríān	τὼ πῠρῐ́ᾱ tṑ puríā	τᾱ̀ς πῠρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s puríās
Vocative	πῠρῐ́ᾱ puríā	πῠρῐ́ᾱ puríā	πῠρῐ́αι puríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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