μηρός
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A thigh, φάσγανον ὀξὺ ἐρυσσάμενος παρὰ μηροῦ drawing his sword from his thigh, where it hung, Il.1.190, cf. Od.11.231, al.; μηρὼ πληξάμενος, in sign of vehement agitation, Il.16.125; ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν X.Cyr.7.3.6; τύπτειν Plb.15.27.11; τὸν μ. ἀλοῆσαι Plu.TG2; ἐπὶ μηρόν τινος beside it, LXX 4 Ki.16.14: in pl., Alc.Supp.11.6, A. Fr.135, 136. 2 thigh-bone, κατ' ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται Il.5.305, cf. Hp.Art.57, Gal.18(2).472; esp. of thigh-bones with flesh offered in sacrifice, μηροὺς ἐξέταμον Il.1.460, al. (cf. μηρία) ; καταρρυεῖς μ. καλυπτῆς ἐξέκειντο πιμελῆς S.Ant.1011; θεοῖσι μηρὸν θύετε Eub.130; τίθεσο τὼ μηρὼ λαβών Ar.Pax1039. 3 generally, leg-bones, κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι σκέλεσι ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα Hdt.3.103. (Cf. OIr. mīr 'piece', Lat. membrum, from mēmsro-, Skt. māmsám 'meat'.)
