πῡρός
(in dialects also σπυρός (which see)), ὁ, wheat, Triticum vulgare, μελίφρονα, μελιηδέα πυρόν, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.188, 10.569 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατὰ πυρὸν ἄλεσσαν ground it, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.109 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; given to geese, [[ 19.536 ] Refs]: plural, with other grains, πυροί τε ζειαί τε ἰδ᾽ εὐρυφυὲς κρῖ λευκόν [[ 4.604; πυροὶ καὶ κριθαί 9.110, 19.112, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.69, “IG” 12.76.38, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.36, 4.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1405, “Pax” 1145, “Av.” 580, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.22, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.145, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.4.3, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.85, etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 a grain of wheat, ἐξ ἑνὸς πυροῦ εἷς πυθμήν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 728b35, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “in Hes.” 84. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 π. ἄγριος,= χελιδόνιον τὸ μικρόν, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.181] Refs 1st c.AD+]. (Cf. Lithuanian pūraĩ (plural) 'wheat', and perhaps πυρήν.)