noun · femininefirst declension
pyra
pyra f (genitive pyrae)
Classical[ˈpy.ra]Ecclesiastical[ˈpiː.ra]
Meaning
- femininepyre
Tū sēcrēta pyram tēctō interiōre sub aurās / ērige, [...].
“Secretly, you must build a pyre within the palace, under the open air, ….”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.494–495
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
rogus, strūēs ārdēnspyra -ae (f) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 4
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pyra | pyrae |
| genitive | pyrae | pyrārum |
| dative | pyrae | pyrīs |
| accusative | pyram | pyrās |
| ablative | pyrā | pyrīs |
| vocative | pyra | pyrae |
pўra, ae, f., = πυρά.
I. 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. Pўra, ae, f., the name of the place on Mount Œta where Hercules is said to have burned himself, Liv. 36, 30.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pyra ae, f
, πυρά, a funeral pile, pyre: Ingens, V.: Constituere pyras, V., O.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυρά (purá).