ου [ῠῑ] adj. m. de feu, d’où subst. ὁ πυρίτης :
      1 (s.-e. βάναυσος) forgeron, LUC. J. conf. 8 ;
      2 (s.-e. λίθος) sorte de pierre d’où l’on extrait du cuivre, DIOSC. 5, 143 ;
      3 sorte de pierre précieuse, PLIN. H.N. 37, 11, 73.

Étym. πῦρ.

ου, ὁ, (< πῦρ) of or in fire, π. τὴν τέχνην, i.e. a smith, Luc. JConf. 8, cf. Sacr. 6. π. λίθος, a mineral which strikes fire, copper pyrites, Dsc. 5.125, Plin. HN 36.138; other varieties of uncertain nature, ib. 137, PHolm. 11.38, Zos.Alch. p. 120B., al., Suid. s.v. ἄφαντον φῶς ; of a zinc ore, Dsc. 5.74.

ἄρτος, ὁ, wheaten loaf, Aët. 2.263 (pl.), Suid.

[ῡ], ὁ, fem. -ῖτις, von Weizen, ἄρτος, Ath.

ὁ, fem. πυρῖτις, vom Feuer ; πυρίτης τὴν τέχνην, Luc. Iov. Conf. 8 ; – λίθος, Feuerstein, auch Kupferkies, Schwefelkies, Diosc.; auch ἡ πυρῖτις, was bei Nic. Th. 683, Al. 531 = πύρεθρον ist.