πυρκαϊά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πυρκαϊή (purkaïḗ)

Etymology

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ καίω (kaíō, “to light, kindle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr.ka.i.ǎː/ → /pyr.ka.iˈa/ → /pir.ka.iˈa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr.ka.i.ǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyr.ka.iˈa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyr.ka.iˈa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyr.ka.iˈa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pir.ka.iˈa/

Noun

πῠρκᾰϊᾱ́ • (purkaïā́) f (genitive πῠρκᾰϊᾶς); first declension

1. funeral pyre, burning pyre
2. conflagration, arson
3. (figuratively) flame of love
4. burnt ruins
5. olive tree which has been burnt down to the stump

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́; τῆς πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ hē purkaïā́	τὼ πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ tṑ purkaïā́	αἱ πῠρκᾰϊ̆αί hai purkaïaí
Genitive	τῆς πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾶς tês purkaïâs	τοῖν πῠρκᾰϊ̆αῖν toîn purkaïaîn	τῶν πῠρκᾰϊ̆ῶν tôn purkaïôn
Dative	τῇ πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾷ têi purkaïâi	τοῖν πῠρκᾰϊ̆αῖν toîn purkaïaîn	ταῖς πῠρκᾰϊ̆αῖς taîs purkaïaîs
Accusative	τὴν πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ν tḕn purkaïā́n	τὼ πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ tṑ purkaïā́	τᾱ̀ς πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ς tā̀s purkaïā́s
Vocative	πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ purkaïā́	πῠρκᾰϊ̆ᾱ́ purkaïā́	πῠρκᾰϊ̆αί purkaïaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πυρκαγιά (pyrkagiá)

Further reading

• “πυρκαϊά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πυρκαϊά in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette