πυρά

pyra

watch-fires

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book VIII 2
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847e6
849c6
Clitophon 1
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408e6
Menexenus 1
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238a1
Republic 1
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Book II 1
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372b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

πυρά, ῶν, τά, A. watch-fires, in Hom. only nom. and acc., καίωμεν πυρὰ πολλά Il. 8.509, cf. 554, 9.77, 10.12; ἐκκαύσαντες π. Hdt. 4.134; πύρʼ αἴθει (ν) prob. for πυραίθει (ν) in E. Rh. 41 (lyr.), 78,823 (lyr.) and for πύραιθεῖν (sic) in Call. Fr. 1.13 P.; πυρὰ δαίεται E. Rh. 136 (lyr.); ὡς . . ᾐσθάνοντό τὰ πυρὰ . . φανέντα the beacon-fires, Th. 8.102; π. κατασβεννύναι X. An. 6.3.25; dat., ἐπιτυγχάνει πυροῖς ἐρήμοις ib.7.2.18, cf. Cyr. 4.2.16; of volcanic fires, Arist. Mir. 833a1; πυρά . . εὔδηλα πᾶσι Scymn. 258: metaph., δῆμος π. ἐς τὸν Τίβεριν πολλὰ ἐνέβαλε D.C. 55.13. (A sg. πυρόν is cited by Hdn.Gr.2.944, but rejected by Eust. 729.63: the accent, as well as dat. πυροῖς, shows that πυρά does not belong to πῦρ.)

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