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pyra

pyra, a funeral pile, pyre

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

pyra , ae, f.: a funeral pile, pyre, 4.494.
pyra, ae, f., = πυρά.
  • A funeral pile, pyre (pure Lat. rogus), Verg. A. 6, 215; 11, 185; Ov. F. 2, 534; id. Ib. 36; Auct. B. Afr. 91; Vulg. Ezech. 24, 9.—
    • B A fire, Vulg. Act. 28, 2.—
  • II Pyra, ae, f., the name of the place on Mount Oeta where Hercules is said to have burned himself, Liv. 36, 30.

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