pyras
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pyra, pyrae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
funeral pile, pyre;
acc. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...crinemfluxa coloratis astringunt carbasa gemmis,quique suas struxere pyras uiuique calentis 240conscendere rogos. pro, quanta est gloria gentiiniecisse..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...trahentem. Interea innumeras nudatis montibus urgent certatim decorantque pyras et corpora maesti summa locant. vadit sonipes cervice remissa..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...pateris praelibat sanguen, et omnes ter circum acta pyras sancti de more parentis semineces fibras et adhuc spirantia..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pater Aeneas, iam curvo in litore Tarchon constituere pyras. huc corpora quisque suorum more tulere patrum, subiectisque ignibus..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...quam morte Sychaei. ergo iussa parat. At regina, pyra penetrali in sede sub auras erecta ingenti taedis atque..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...bene discidium Phrygii latura mariti Sidonis; inque pyra sacri sub imagine facta incubuit ferro deceptaque decipit omnes. rursus..."