πῦρ (once
πύυρ [?~X ¯?~X] by 'distraction', [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; not used in
plural, see at {πυρά},{τά}:—
fire, π. καίειν or δαίειν to kindle
fire, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἀνακαίειν, ἅπτειν, ἐξάπτειν, αἴθειν, ἐναύειν, (see entry); π. ποιεῖν, ποιήσασθαι, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. ἐμβαλεῖν νηυσί, κλισίῃσι, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. φυσητέον, ῥιπίζειν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
b) π. τεχνικόν, see at {τεχνικός}.
2)
funeral-fire (compare πυρά), ὄφρα πυρός με. λελάχωσι θανόντα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ζῶντα διδόναι τινὰ πυρί
burn one alive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
sacrificial fire, ἐν πυρὶ βάλλε θυηλάς [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
4)
hearthfire, πυρὸς ἐσχάραι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ π. τὸ ἀθάνατον
the fire of Vesta, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
5)
lightning, κεραυνὸς ἀενάου πυρός [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5.b)
fire, light, or
heat of the sun, θερινὸν π, opposed to χειμών, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the stars, π. πνείοντα ἄστρα [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
summer solstice, [
Refs 7th c.BC+]
6)
flame of torches, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. εὐάγγελον, ἄγγαρον, πομπόν, of the beacon fire, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
7)
fever heat, violent fever, πῦρ ἔλαβέν [τινα] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ δ᾽ ἔχων θέρμαν καὶ π. ἧκεν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) phrases, ἐν πυρὶ γενέσθαι to be consumed, come to nothing, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; φεύγων καπνὸν εἰς πῦρ δεσποτείας ἐμπεπτωκώς 'out of the frying pan into the
fire, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πῦρ ἐπὶ πῦρ ἐγχεῖν, ἄγειν, φέρειν, ἐπεισφέρειν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς π. ξαίνειν 'plough the sands', [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: as a type of things
irresistible or
terrible, ἀντίος εἶμι, καὶ εἰ πυρὶ χεῖρας ἔοικε [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; so διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι (as we say) to go through
fire and water, dash through any danger, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέχεϊ she
raged furiously against the other partner of the bed, [
NT+5th c.BC+]; of persons, ὦ π. σύ. [
Refs]; of Hannibal, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]:
metaphorically of anxious hope, θάλπει τῷδ᾽ ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of love, ἀρσενικῷ θέρεται π. [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]. (Cf. Armenian
hur, O[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
fyr 'fire', etc.)