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pȳrŏcŏrax, ăcis, v. pyrrhocorax.

Pyrōdes, is, m., = Πυρώδης, the discoverer of the art of kindling fire: ignem e silice Pyrodes Cilicis filius (invenit), Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198.

Pyrŏis and Pyrŏeis, entis, m., = Πυρόεις (fiery).

  1. I. The planet Mars, Col. poët. 10, 290; Aus. Idyll. 18, 12; App. de Mundo, p. 171; Mart. Cap. 8, § 851 (in Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53, written as Greek).
  2. II. One of the horses of the sun, Ov. M. 2, 153; Val. Fl. 5, 432; Hyg. Fab. 182.

† pyrŏpoecĭlos lapis, = πυροποίκιλος, or pyrrhŏpoecĭlos, = πυρροποίκιλος, a kind of porphyry, Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 63; 36, 22, 43, § 157.

† pyrōpus, i, m., = πυρωπός (fire-colored), a metallic mixture, gold-bronze, bronze, Plin. 34, 8, 20, § 94; Lucr. 2, 803; Prop. 4 (5), 10, 21; Ov. M. 2, 2.

pyrōta, ae, v. pyralis.