pyralis

pyralis

English

Photinus pyralis

Pyralis centralis

Noun

pyralis (plural pyralises or pyralides)

1. A species of firefly, Photinus pyralis
   • 1922, E.-L. Bouvier, The Psychic Life of Insects, page 9:

     As Loeb has shown by many experiments, the phototropic phenomena of animals differ not at all from those of plants, and they carry no more psychism in a polyp or in a pyralis than in a geranium or in a volvox.

   • 1968, The Conservationist - Volumes 23-24, page 169:

     If you have an opportunity to experiment with Photinus pyralis, try the following: Start a male toward you by answering him properly, that is, as a pyralis female would answer him, once or twice.

   • 1986, Robert W. Mitchell & ‎Nicholas S. Thompson, Deception: Perspectives on Human and Nonhuman Deceit, →ISBN, page 114:

     When a pyralis female sees a flash of the appropriate characteristics, she waits 2 seconds and then emits her own half-second flash.

2. A moth of the genus Pyralis.
   • 1850, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist - Volume 10, page 277:

     This once happened in a hemp field destroyed by a pyralis, described by me in a special memoir.

   • 1907, Sugar - Volume 9, page 333:

     At first there was a belief that the caterpillar was that of a pyralis like that which caused such great loss to beet growers in southern Russia, Roumania and North America.

   • 1962, Memorie della Società entomologica italiana:

     What would have been the opinion of the public, seeing e.g. a butterfly and a pyralis placed in the same genus ?

Anagrams

• raspily

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.ra.lis/, [ˈpʏ.ra.lɪs]

Noun

pyralis f (genitive pyralidis); third declension

1. a winged insect that was supposed to live in fire

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pyralis	pyralidēs
Genitive	pyralidis	pyralidum
Dative	pyralidī	pyralidibus
Accusative	pyralidem	pyralidēs
Ablative	pyralide	pyralidibus
Vocative	pyralis	pyralidēs

Adjective

pyralis (neuter pyrale); third declension

1. funeral pyre (attributive)

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	pyralis	pyrale		pyralēs	pyralia
Genitive	pyralis	pyralis		pyralium	pyralium
Dative	pyralī	pyralī		pyralibus	pyralibus
Accusative	pyralem	pyrale		pyralēs, pyralīs	pyralia
Ablative	pyralī	pyralī		pyralibus	pyralibus
Vocative	pyralis	pyrale		pyralēs	pyralia

Related terms

• pyra

References

• pyralis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pyralis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette