ἔριον
ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
English (LSJ)
τό, Ion. εἴριον GDIiv p.876 (Chios, iv B. C., also written ἔρια ibid.), Hdt., Hp., and always in Hom. (indicating ἐρϝ-) exc. gen. ἐρίοιο in Od.4.124:—
A wool, Il.12.434, Od.l.c., Pl.Smp.175d ; ἐρίῳ στέψαντες, i.e. with woollen fillets, Id.R.398a, etc.: freq. in pl., Il. 3.388, Od.18.316 ; εἴρια ῥυπαρά, ἔρια οἰσυπηρά, greasy wool, Hp. Fract.21, Dsc.2.74 ; ἔρια καθαρά PCair.Zen.12.62 (iii B. C.); τἄρια, crasis for τὰ ἔ., Ar.Ra.1387 ; οὖλα ἔρια ib.1067 ; ἔ. πεπταμένα outspread flocks of wool, Id.Nu.343 ; ἐρίων τάλαντον Id.V.1147 ; τὰ Μιλήσια ἔ. Eub.90.3, cf. Amphis 27.1 ; εἴρια ἀπὸ ξύλου cotton, Hdt.3. 47, cf. 106 ; τὸ ἔ. [τῆς ἀράχνης] a spider's web, Philostr.Im.2.28 ; τὰ ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης ἔ., of the byssus of the pinna, Alciphr.1.2. (ἔρια Schwyzer 180 (Crete) without initial ϝ-; Lat. vervex perh. not cogn.)
