πυρία

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πῠρῐ́ᾱ • (pŭrĭ́ā) f (genitive πῠρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. vapour bath, made by throwing scented substances on hot embers confined under a cloth
    Synonym: ἄργελλᾰ (árgellă)
  2. (in general) of all forms of external application of heat
  3. fishing by torchlight

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πῠρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πῠρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πῠρῐ́ᾱ
hē pŭrĭ́ā 		τὼ πῠρῐ́ᾱ
tṑ pŭrĭ́ā 		αἱ πῠρῐ́αι
hai pŭrĭ́ai
Genitive τῆς πῠρῐ́ᾱς
tês pŭrĭ́ās 		τοῖν πῠρῐ́αιν
toîn pŭrĭ́ain 		τῶν πῠρῐῶν
tôn pŭrĭôn
Dative τῇ πῠρῐ́ᾳ
têi pŭrĭ́āi 		τοῖν πῠρῐ́αιν
toîn pŭrĭ́ain 		ταῖς πῠρῐ́αις
taîs pŭrĭ́ais
Accusative τὴν πῠρῐ́ᾱν
tḕn pŭrĭ́ān 		τὼ πῠρῐ́ᾱ
tṑ pŭrĭ́ā 		τᾱ̀ς πῠρῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s pŭrĭ́ās
Vocative πῠρῐ́ᾱ
pŭrĭ́ā 		πῠρῐ́ᾱ
pŭrĭ́ā 		πῠρῐ́αι
pŭrĭ́ai
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