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πυρός

πυρός, wheat

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πυρούς Noun: masculine accusative plural of πυρός

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πῡρός (in dialects also σπυρός (q. v.)), ὁ,
  • wheat, Triticum vulgare, μελίφρονα, μελιηδέα πυρόν, Il. 8.188, 10.569; κατὰ πυρὸν ἄλεσσαν ground it, Od. 20.109; given to geese, 19.536: pl., with other grains, πυροί τε ζειαί τε ἰδʼ εὐρυφυὲς κρῖ λευκόν 4.604; πυροὶ καὶ κριθαί 9.110, 19.112, cf. Il. 11.69, IG 1(2).76.38, al., Hdt. 2.36, 4.33, Ar. V. 1405, Pax 1145, Av. 580, Th. 6.22, D. 19.145, Thphr. HP 8.4.3, Dsc. 2.85, etc.
      • 2 a grain of wheat, ἐξ ἑνὸς πυροῦ εἷς πυθμήν Arist. GA 728b35, cf. Plu. in Hes. 84.
      • 3 π. ἄγριος,= χελιδόνιον τὸ μικρόν, Dsc. 2.181. (Cf. Lith. pūraĩ (pl.) ‘wheat’, and perh. πυρήν.)

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