σειρήν

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ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)

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English (Slater)

σειρήν (cf. Κηληδών.) subs., adj.,
   1 siren fig. of eloquence. σειρῆνα δὲ κόμπον αὐλίσκων ὑπὸ λωτίνων μιμήσομ' ἀοιδαῖς κεῖνον, ὃς Ζεφύρου τε σιγάζει πνοὰς αἰψηράς Παρθ. 2. 13. οὐδὲ πελέκεις οὐδὲ σειρήν (cf. Σ, ταῦτα πρὸς τὸν Σιμωνίδην ἐπεὶ ἐκεῖνος ἐν ἑνὶ ᾄσματι ἐπόησεν Σειρῆνα τὸν Πεισίστρατον: “illum neque secures Pisistrati tyranni neque eloquentia movit,” interpr. Turyn) ?fr. 339.