"πυραλίς" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /py.ra.lís/, /py.raˈlis/, /pi.raˈlis/, /py.ra.lís/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /py.raˈlis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /py.raˈlis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /py.raˈlis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /pi.raˈlis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Diminutive formation in "-α(λ)λίς", probably from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) after the reddish color. However, according to Niedermann, it derives from πυρός (purós, “wheat”) after its nutrition. Head templates: {{grc-noun|πῠρᾰλῐ́ς|πῠρᾰλῐ́δος|f|third}} πῠρᾰλῐ́ς • (pŭrălĭ́s) f (genitive πῠρᾰλῐ́δος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πῠρᾰλῐ́ς|πῠρᾰλῐ́δος|form=F}} Forms: πῠρᾰλῐ́ς [canonical], pŭrălĭ́s [romanization], πῠρᾰλῐ́δος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ πῠρᾰλῐ́ς [nominative, singular], πῠρᾰλῐ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ πῠρᾰλῐ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς πῠρᾰλῐ́δος [genitive, singular], πῠρᾰλῐ́δοιν [dual, genitive], πῠρᾰλῐ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ πῠρᾰλῐ́δῐ [dative, singular], πῠρᾰλῐ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς πῠρᾰλῐ́σῐ [dative, plural], πῠρᾰλῐ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs pŭrălĭ́sĭ [dative, plural], taîs pŭrălĭ́sĭn [dative, plural], τὴν πῠρᾰλῐ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], πῠρᾰλῐ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς πῠρᾰλῐ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], πῠρᾰλῐ́ς [singular, vocative], πῠρᾰλῐ́δε [dual, vocative], πῠρᾰλῐ́δες [plural, vocative], πῠρᾰλλίς [alternative], πῠρρᾰλίς [alternative]
  1. unknown bird, perhaps a kind of pigeon
    Sense id: en-πυραλίς-grc-noun-FuTa8HPJ Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 39 45 16
  2. insect said to live in fire
    Sense id: en-πυραλίς-grc-noun-Tdm-Epwn Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Columbids, Insects Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 39 45 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 33 53 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 58 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 71 9 Disambiguation of Columbids: 27 65 8 Disambiguation of Insects: 6 88 6
  3. red kind of olive
    Sense id: en-πυραλίς-grc-noun-vScBZMrA Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 39 45 16
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "pyralis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: pyralis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: pyralis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Pyralis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Pyralis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Pyralis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Diminutive formation in \"-α(λ)λίς\", probably from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) after the reddish color. However, according to Niedermann, it derives from πυρός (purós, “wheat”) after its nutrition.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́ς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pŭrălĭ́s",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ πῠρᾰλῐ́ς",
      "roman": "hē pŭrălĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δε",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ πῠρᾰλῐ́δες",
      "roman": "hai pŭrălĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς πῠρᾰλῐ́δος",
      "roman": "tês pŭrălĭ́dos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δων",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́dōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ πῠρᾰλῐ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi pŭrălĭ́dĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς πῠρᾰλῐ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs pŭrălĭ́sĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs pŭrălĭ́sĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν πῠρᾰλῐ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn pŭrălĭ́dă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δε",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς πῠρᾰλῐ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s pŭrălĭ́dăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́ς",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δε",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δες",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλλίς",
      "roman": "pŭrăllís",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρρᾰλίς",
      "roman": "pŭrrhălís",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πῠρᾰλῐ́ς",
        "2": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δος",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "πῠρᾰλῐ́ς • (pŭrălĭ́s) f (genitive πῠρᾰλῐ́δος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πῠρᾰλῐ́ς",
        "2": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δος",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 45 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unknown bird, perhaps a kind of pigeon"
      ],
      "id": "en-πυραλίς-grc-noun-FuTa8HPJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ],
        [
          "pigeon",
          "pigeon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 45 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 53 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 58 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 71 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 65 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Columbids",
          "orig": "grc:Columbids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 88 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "grc:Insects",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "insect said to live in fire"
      ],
      "id": "en-πυραλίς-grc-noun-Tdm-Epwn",
      "links": [
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 45 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "red kind of olive"
      ],
      "id": "en-πυραλίς-grc-noun-vScBZMrA",
      "links": [
        [
          "red",
          "red"
        ],
        [
          "olive",
          "olive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/py.ra.lís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.raˈlis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi.raˈlis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.ra.lís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.raˈlis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.raˈlis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.raˈlis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi.raˈlis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πυραλίς"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Columbids",
    "grc:Insects"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "pyralis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: pyralis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: pyralis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Pyralis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: Pyralis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: Pyralis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Diminutive formation in \"-α(λ)λίς\", probably from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) after the reddish color. However, according to Niedermann, it derives from πυρός (purós, “wheat”) after its nutrition.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́ς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pŭrălĭ́s",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ πῠρᾰλῐ́ς",
      "roman": "hē pŭrălĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δε",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ πῠρᾰλῐ́δες",
      "roman": "hai pŭrălĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς πῠρᾰλῐ́δος",
      "roman": "tês pŭrălĭ́dos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δων",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́dōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ πῠρᾰλῐ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi pŭrălĭ́dĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς πῠρᾰλῐ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs pŭrălĭ́sĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs pŭrălĭ́sĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν πῠρᾰλῐ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn pŭrălĭ́dă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δε",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς πῠρᾰλῐ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s pŭrălĭ́dăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́ς",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δε",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δες",
      "roman": "pŭrălĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρᾰλλίς",
      "roman": "pŭrăllís",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠρρᾰλίς",
      "roman": "pŭrrhălís",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πῠρᾰλῐ́ς",
        "2": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δος",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "πῠρᾰλῐ́ς • (pŭrălĭ́s) f (genitive πῠρᾰλῐ́δος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πῠρᾰλῐ́ς",
        "2": "πῠρᾰλῐ́δος",
        "form": "F"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unknown bird, perhaps a kind of pigeon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ],
        [
          "pigeon",
          "pigeon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "insect said to live in fire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "red kind of olive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "red",
          "red"
        ],
        [
          "olive",
          "olive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/py.ra.lís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.raˈlis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi.raˈlis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.ra.lís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.raˈlis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.raˈlis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/py.raˈlis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pi.raˈlis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πυραλίς"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.