δειρή
τῶν δ᾽ ὀρθουμένων σῴζει τὰ πολλὰ σώμαθ᾽ ἡ πειθαρχία → But of those who make it through, following orders is what saves most of their lives (Sophocles, Antigone 675f.)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, Att. δέρη A.Ag.329,875, etc.; Aeol. δέρα Sapph.Supp. 23.16(v. infr.):—
A neck, throat, Il.11.26, etc.; τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς δ. ornaments, Hdt.1.51. 2 collar, Poll.2.235. II in pl., gully, glen, Pi.O. 3.27, 9.59: but in sg., = δειράς, prob. in Hermesian.7.54. (The original form is preserved in Arc. δερϝά BCH39.55 (Orchom.): Aeol. δέρρη is coined by EM262.57 as etym. of δέρρις: Hsch. has δέρα· ὑπερβολὴ ὄρους, οἱ δὲ τὰ σιμὰ τῶν ὀρῶν by confusion with δειράς. Κοίλᾳ δέρᾳ, place-name in Inscr.Olymp.46.30. Prob. from root of ζέρεθρον, βιβρώσκω.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δειρή: ἡ, ὁ τράχηλος, ὁ λαιμός, Ἰλ. Λ. 26, κτλ., Ἡρόδ. 1. 51· Ἀττ. δέρη, ὃ ἴδε. 2) περιδέραιον, Πολυδ. Β΄, 235. ΙΙ. κατὰ πληθ. = δειράς, Πίνδ. Ο. 3. 48., 9. 89. (Πρβλ. δειράς· ὁ Κουρτ. ὑποθέτει ὅτι ὁ τύπος δέρη (ὅπερ τηρεῖ τὸ η παρ’ Ἀττ.) καὶ τὸ Αἰολ. δέρρα, Λατ. dorsum, ὁδηγοῦσιν ἡμᾶς εἴς τινα ἀρχικὸν ἢ πρῶτον τύπον δέρσα).
