† pyraustan.

Forms: 1500s piransta (transmission error), 1500s–1600s pirausta, 1500s–1700s pyrausta.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pyrausta.

Etymology: < classical Latin pyrausta (Pliny, although the reading is disputed; given as equivalent to pyrallis pyralis n.) < ancient Greek πυραύστης moth that gets singed in the flame < πῦρ fire (see pyro- comb. form) + αὔειν to light a fire (see austere adj.) + -της, suffix forming agent nouns. Compare Middle French, French †pyrauste, †French pirauste (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny).The classical Latin word was later adopted into scientific Latin as Pyrausta, name of a genus of pyralid moths (F. von P. Schrank Fauna Boica (1802) II. ii.163)).

Obsolete.

A (mythical) insect supposed to live in fire. Cf. pyralis n. 1. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > that lives in fire

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Vulcanal1657

1566 I. A. tr. Pliny Summarie Antiq. xi. sig. G. iii^v In Cypres there growe in the furnaces, of flyes, greate flying flyes, called Piralis or Piransta [sic] [Fr. petites bestes volans], that dye when they are out of the fire.

1579 J. C. Poor Knight his Pallace sig. I^v Come denting death, come strike the ende of strife. Pyrausta shee, is weary of her life.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 61 I haue melted like wax against the fire, and yet lyued in the flame with the flye Pyrausta.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 330 Of the fire-flie, called Pyralis or Pyrausta.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 228 So, of the Fire in burning furnace, springs The Flie Pyrausta with the flaming wings.

1651 T. Vaughan Lumen de Lumine 59 Aristotle..tels us this Agent breeds nothing but his Pyrausta.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pyrausta or Pyrogonus, the Fire-Fly or Salamander-Fly; an Insect.

a1763 C. Smart Jubilate Agno (fragment B) in Poet. Wks. (1980) I. 12 Let Shedeur rejoice with Pyrausta, who dwelleth in a medium of fire, which God hath adapted for him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pyrausta
释义	† pyraustan. Forms: 1500s piransta (transmission error), 1500s–1600s pirausta, 1500s–1700s pyrausta. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pyrausta. Etymology: < classical Latin pyrausta (Pliny, although the reading is disputed; given as equivalent to pyrallis pyralis n.) < ancient Greek πυραύστης moth that gets singed in the flame < πῦρ fire (see pyro- comb. form) + αὔειν to light a fire (see austere adj.) + -της, suffix forming agent nouns. Compare Middle French, French †pyrauste, †French pirauste (1562 in Du Pinet's translation of Pliny).The classical Latin word was later adopted into scientific Latin as Pyrausta, name of a genus of pyralid moths (F. von P. Schrank Fauna Boica (1802) II. ii.163)). Obsolete. A (mythical) insect supposed to live in fire. Cf. pyralis n. 1. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > that lives in fire salamander1340 pyralis1566 pyrausta1566 fireworm1567 firefly1598 miller fowl1598 Vulcanal1657 1566 I. A. tr. Pliny Summarie Antiq. xi. sig. G. iii^v In Cypres there growe in the furnaces, of flyes, greate flying flyes, called Piralis or Piransta [sic] [Fr. petites bestes volans], that dye when they are out of the fire. 1579 J. C. Poor Knight his Pallace sig. I^v Come denting death, come strike the ende of strife. Pyrausta shee, is weary of her life. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 61 I haue melted like wax against the fire, and yet lyued in the flame with the flye Pyrausta. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 330 Of the fire-flie, called Pyralis or Pyrausta. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 228 So, of the Fire in burning furnace, springs The Flie Pyrausta with the flaming wings. 1651 T. Vaughan Lumen de Lumine 59 Aristotle..tels us this Agent breeds nothing but his Pyrausta. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Pyrausta or Pyrogonus, the Fire-Fly or Salamander-Fly; an Insect. a1763 C. Smart Jubilate Agno (fragment B) in Poet. Wks. (1980) I. 12 Let Shedeur rejoice with Pyrausta, who dwelleth in a medium of fire, which God hath adapted for him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1566
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