pyra, ae, f., = πυρά.
I A funeral pile , pyre (pure Lat. rogus), Verg. A. 6, 215; 11, 185; Ov. F. 2, 534; id. Ib. 36; Auct. B. Afr. 91; Vulg. Ezech. 24, 9.—
B A fire , Vulg. Act. 28, 2.—
II Pyra , ae, f., the name of the place on Mount Oeta where Hercules is said to have burned himself , Liv. 36, 30.