πῦρ
Etym. not used in pl.
Etym. v. πυρά
I. "fire", Hom., etc.; πῦρ καίειν or δαίειν to kindle "fire", id=Hom.; πῦρ ἀνακαίειν, ἅπτειν, ἐξάπτειν, αἴθειν, ἐναύειν, v. sub vocc.; πῦρ ἐμβάλλειν νηυσί Il.
2. "the funeral-fire" (cf. πυρά), id=Il.
3. "the fire" of the hearth, πυρὶ δέχεσθαί τινα Eur.; π. ἄσβεστον or ἀθάνατον "the fire" of Vesta in the Prytaneion, Plut.
II. as a symbol of "things irresistible or terrible", μάρναντο δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο they were fighting like burning "fire", Il.; κρεῖσσον ἀμαιμακέτου πυρός Soph.; διὰ πυρὸς ἰέναι (as we say) to go through "fire and water", Xen.; but, διὰ πυρὸς ἦλθε ἑτέρῳ λέκτρῳ she "raged furiously" against the other partner of the bed, Eur.:—of persons, ὦ πῦρ σύ Soph.:—rarely as an image of warmth and comfort, Aesch.