Comparative of: πυρρός, ά
(Ionic dialect ή), όν, but Trag. and Doric dialect πυρσός, ή (Doric dialect ά), όν, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 32, “HF” 361 (Lyric poetry), 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.70, conjecture in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 316 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; rare in Prose, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 22 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: (πῦρ):— flame-coloured, yellowish-red (πυρρὸν ξανθοῦ τε καὶ φαιοῦ κράσει γίγνεται [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 68c, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1054b13, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 9.600), ᾠοῦ τὸ π] Refs 5th c.BC+]. the yolk of an egg, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.171, “PLit.Lond.” 170 (1st c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ λευκότης γίγνεται πυρρή [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 20;] Refs 5th c.BC+] of sediment in urine, [[ [prev. author] “Epid.” 6.1.5. ] Refs]
__2 especially of persons with red hair, [[ 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 16.2, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.108; π. τὸ Σκυθικὸν γένος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 20; οἱ ἁλιεῖς π. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 966b26; π. τρίχες [prev. author] “GA” 785a19 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; of the colour of the first beard, γενειάς A.[same place]; γένυες [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [θρίξ] [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.130, compare 6.3. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 generally, tawny, λέων [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “HF” [same place], 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 785b17, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.263 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus); βοῦς “PLond.” 3.890.5, 10 (1st c.BC, written πυραί), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.363b; ἵππος NT.Rev.6.4; [πώλου] ἡ χρόα στίλβουσα τῆς χαίτης πυρσότατον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pelopidas” 22; αἶγες “PHib.” 1.120.6 (3rd c.BC)] NT+5th c.BC+]; τὰ χρώματα τῶν κυνῶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]