Latin

Noun

pyra f ‎(genitive pyrae); first declension

1. (funeral) pyre

Inflection

First declension.

References

• pyra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pyra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PYRA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pyra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• pyra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pyra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Noun

pyra f

1. (regional) potato

Usage notes

Used only in the region of Greater Poland.

Declension

Synonyms

• kartofel
• ziemniak

Portuguese

Noun

pyra f (plural pyras)

1. Obsolete spelling of pira (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).