πυρσός, ὁ,
irregular plural πυρσά [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 97 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (πῦρ, πυρρός):—firebrand, torch, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.211 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1377, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: plural, fires, λίθος μήτηρ πυρσῶν [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 6.28 (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator Aegypt.); ἠελίοιο 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 4.353 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of lightning, Oracle texts cited in [[ 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 6.3: _metaphorically_, ἅψαι πυρσὸν ὕμνων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).43, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 5 “Praef.”; πυρσὸν ἄναπτε κακῶν “IG” 12(5).229.14 (from Paros)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, of the fires of love, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.7, “Anthologia Graeca” 12.17. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II beacon or signal-fire (= Attic dialect φρυκτός), [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.183, 9.3, 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 6.7, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.44.10, etc.: _metaphorically_, πυρσὸν ὣς Ἕλλᾱσι φαίνων 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 12.82. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 plural πυρσά, watchfires, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 97, compare 43 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B πυρσός (B), ή, όν, see at {πυρρός}.