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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py.rí.aː/ → /pyˈri.a/ → /piˈri.a/
Noun
πῠρῐ́ᾱ • (puríā) f (genitive πῠρῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- vapour bath, made by throwing scented substances on hot embers confined under a cloth
- Synonym: ἄργελλᾰ (árgella)
- (in general) of all forms of external application of heat
- fishing by torchlight
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