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† pyra, ae, f., = πυρά.

  1. I. A funeral pile, pyre (pure Lat. rogus), Verg. A. 6, 215; 11, 185; Ov. F. 2, 534; id. Ib. 36; Auct. B. Afr. 91; Vulg. Ezech. 24, 9.
    1. B. A fire, Vulg. Act. 28, 2.
  2. II. Pyra, ae, f., the name of the place on Mount Œta where Hercules is said to have burned himself, Liv. 36, 30.