πυράγρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πῠρᾰ́γρη (pŭrắgrē) — Ionic
Etymology
From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + ᾰ̓́γρᾱ (ắgrā, “catching”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /py.rá.ɡraː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈra.ɡra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈra.ɣra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈra.ɣra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈra.ɣra/
Noun
πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ • (pŭrắgrā) f (genitive πῠρᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension
- pair of fire tongs
- (medicine) forceps
- Synonym: λᾰβῐ́ς (lăbĭ́s)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ hē pŭrắgrā |
τὼ πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ pŭrắgrā |
αἱ πῠρᾰ́γραι hai pŭrắgrai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πῠρᾰ́γρᾱς tês pŭrắgrās |
τοῖν πῠρᾰ́γραιν toîn pŭrắgrain |
τῶν πῠρᾰγρῶν tôn pŭrăgrôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πῠρᾰ́γρᾳ tēî pŭrắgrāi |
τοῖν πῠρᾰ́γραιν toîn pŭrắgrain |
ταῖς πῠρᾰ́γραις taîs pŭrắgrais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πῠρᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn pŭrắgrān |
τὼ πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ pŭrắgrā |
τᾱ̀ς πῠρᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s pŭrắgrās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ pŭrắgrā |
πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ pŭrắgrā |
πῠρᾰ́γραι pŭrắgrai | ||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ πῠρᾰ́γρη hē pŭrắgrē |
τὼ πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ pŭrắgrā |
αἱ πῠρᾰ́γραι hai pŭrắgrai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πῠρᾰ́γρης tês pŭrắgrēs |
τοῖν πῠρᾰ́γραιν toîn pŭrắgrain |
τῶν πῠρᾰγρέων / πῠρᾰγρῶν tôn pŭrăgréōn / pŭrăgrôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πῠρᾰ́γρῃ tēî pŭrắgrēi |
τοῖν πῠρᾰ́γραιν toîn pŭrắgrain |
τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν πῠρᾰ́γρῃσῐ / πῠρᾰ́γρῃσῐν tēîsĭ(n) pŭrắgrēisĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πῠρᾰ́γρην tḕn pŭrắgrēn |
τὼ πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ pŭrắgrā |
τᾱ̀ς πῠρᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s pŭrắgrās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῠρᾰ́γρη pŭrắgrē |
πῠρᾰ́γρᾱ pŭrắgrā |
πῠρᾰ́γραι pŭrắgrai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πῠρᾰγρέτης (pŭrăgrétēs)
Further reading
- “πυράγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πυράγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette