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πυρά
πυρά watch-fires, mostly in acc., καίωμεν πυρὰ πολλά Il.; πυρὰ ἐκκαίειν Hdt.:— beacon-fires, Thuc.: — ἄτιμος ἐν πυροῖσι, of sacrificial fires, Aesch. The accent, as well as the dat. πυροῖς, shews that it does not belong to πῦρ.

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(n.pl.) watch-fires
(fem.sg.) funeral-pyre

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πυρά watch-fires, mostly in acc., καίωμεν πυρὰ πολλά Il.; πυρὰ ἐκκαίειν Hdt.:— beacon-fires, Thuc.: — ἄτιμος ἐν πυροῖσι, of sacrificial fires, Aesch. The accent, as well as the dat. πυροῖς, shews that it does not belong to πῦρ.
IDX:
28795
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n28828
Key:
pura/1

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