πυρία

A. vapour-bath, made by throwing odorous substances on hot embers confined under a cloth, Hdt. 4.75; πυρίαις χρῆσθαι ἐκ λίθων διαπύρων Str. 3.3.6; τὰ σώματα ταῖς π. εὖ διατίθησι Plu. 2.658d; πυρίαν ἐφεῦρεν [Μήδεια] Palaeph. 43: metaph., γίνονται οἷον πυρίαι ἐν τῷ αἵματι Arist. PA 651a1.

2. generally of all forms of external application of heat, ξηραὶ π. Hp. Acut. 21; ὑγραί, ξηραί, Gal. 15.519, cf. Hp. Aph. 5.28, 6.31; of cauteries, πυρίῃσι καυτήρων Aret. CD 1.2.

3. = πύελος 2, Moschio ap. Ath. 5.207f; so perh. in AP 11.243 (Nicarch.).

4. = εἰσώστη, CIG 3108,3113 (Teos); tomb-chamber, Keil-Premerstein Dritter Bericht No.108, al., Supp.Epigr. 4.548.4 (Ephesus), 594.11 (Colophon).

II. fishing by torchlight, Arist. HA 537a18 (pl.).