πυρή
πυρή, any place where fire is kindled
πῠρή, ῆς, ἡ, Ion. and Ep. for πυρά. πῠρήϊον, τό, Ion. for πυρεῖον.
πυρή, v. πυρά.
πυρή, ἡ, ion. u. ep. statt πυρά².
πυρή
-ῆς, ἡ
[πῦρ.]
- 1
A funeral-pyre : πυραὶ νεκύων καίοντο θαμειαί Il. 1.52. Cf. Il. 4.99, Il. 7.336, 434, Il. 9.546, Il. 18.336, Il. 23.22, 141, 164, 165, 167, 172, 174, 192, 194, 210, 216, 217, 241, 256, Il. 24.787, 879 : Od. 24.69.
- 2
The fire of a sacrifice : πυρὴν ἐμπλησέμεν ἐσθλῶν Od. 10.523=Od. 11.31.
- 1
πυρή (πῦρ): pyre, funeral - pile, Il. 23.110-1, 1-2;Il. 24.786-799. (Cf. cut No. 103, on following page.)
πυρή
πῠρή, ῆς, Ionic πῠρή, ῆς, ἡ,
- any place where fire is kindled,
- 1a funeral-pyre, Lat. bustum, Il., Hdt., etc.
- 2a mound raised on the place of the pyre, Soph., Eur.
- 3an altar for burnt sacrifice, Hdt., Eur.:—also the fire burning thereon, Hdt.