πῡρός(in dialects alsoσπυρός(q. v.)),ὁ,
A. wheat, Triticum vulgare,μελίφρονα, μελιηδέα πυρόν, Il. 8.188 , 10.569 ;κατὰ πυρὸν ἄλεσσανgroundit, Od. 20.109 ; given to geese, 19.536 : pl., with other grains, πυροί τε ζειαί τε ἰδ' εὐρυφυὲς κρῖ λευκόν
4.604
; πυροὶ καὶ κριθαί
9.110
, 19.112 , cf. Il. 11.69 , IG 12.76.38 , al., Hdt. 2.36 , 4.33 , Ar. V. 1405 , Pax 1145 , Av. 580 , Th. 6.22 , D. 19.145 , Thphr. HP 8.4.3 , Dsc. 2.85 , etc.
2. a grain of wheat, ἐξ ἑνὸς πυροῦ εἷς πυθμήν
Arist. GA 728b35
, cf. Plu. in Hes. 84 .
3. π. ἄγριος,=χελιδόνιον τὸ μικρόν, Dsc. 2.181 . (Cf. Lith.pūraĩ(pl.) 'wheat', and perh.πυρήν.)