πυρόεις

A. fiery, κεραυνός Cleanth.1.10; ἀστήρ A.R. 3.1377; μύκητες Call. Fr. 47; ὄμματα, πόθος, AP 5.14 (Rufin.), 9.132; κάπρος Opp. C. 1.389, al.; βέλος Nonn. D. 2.436.

2. ὁ Π. the planet Mars, from its fiery colour, Arist. Mu. 399a9, IG 12(1).913 (Rhodes, i B.C.), Cic. ND 2.20.53, Alex.Eph. ap. Theo Sm.p.139 H., Ph. 1.504, Cleom. 1.3, etc.

3. as epith. of divinities, freq. in Nonn. D., as Ares, 41.348; Dionysus, 21.222; Hephaestus, 2.225; Zeus, 6.218.

II. πυροῦντες,οἱ, a sort of trout, Mnesith. ap. Ath. 8.358c.