πυρία
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- vapour bath, made by throwing scented substances on hot embers confined under a cloth
- (in general) of all forms of external application of heat
- fishing by torchlight
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek πῦρ (fire, lightning).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πῦρ
Gloss
fire, lightning
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
雷
Emoji
☀️ 🌋 🌞 🐉 🐲 🔥 🕯️ 🚒 🧯
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pyrargyrite English
- pyroballogy English
- pyruvic acid English
- pyro- Latin
- pyropus Latin
- pirico Italian
- Πυριλάμπης Ancient Greek
- βάλλειν Ancient Greek
- πυράγρα Ancient Greek
- πυρίτης Ancient Greek
- πυρίφλεκτος Ancient Greek
- πυρκαϊά Ancient Greek
- πυρρός Ancient Greek
- πύραυνος Ancient Greek
- πύρινος Ancient Greek
- πῦρ Ancient Greek
- ἄπυρος Ancient Greek
- ἰσόπυρον Ancient Greek
- *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- פירוטכניקה Hebrew (modern)