Σειρήν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῆνος, ἡ, <span class="title">Siren</span>; in pl., <b class="b3">Σειρῆνες, αἱ</b>, <span class="title">Sirens</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.12.39</span>, al., cf. Sch.ad loc.; Ep. dual gen. <b class="b3">Σειρήνοιιν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">52</span>, <span class="bibl">167</span>; <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πτεροφόροι νεανίδες . . Σειρῆνες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>169</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>911</span> (lyr.); Σειρὴν . . τὰ σκέλη δὲ κοψίχου <span class="bibl">Anaxil.22.20</span>; cf. ἁρπυιόγουνος; σειρῆνα κόμπον . . ὃς Ζεφύρου σιγάζει πνοάς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Parth.</span>2.13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>69</span>; ἐπὶ τῶν κύκλων [τοῦ ἀτράκτου] . . ἐφ' ἑκάστου βεβηκέναι Σειρῆνα . . φωνὴν μίαν ἱεῖσαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>617b</span> (hence <b class="b3">σειρῆνες· τὰ ἄστρα</b>, <span class="title">Lex.Rhet.</span>ap.<span class="bibl">Eust.1709.54</span>, cf. Theo Sm. p.146H.); as a grave-ornament, στᾶλαι καὶ Σειρῆνες ἐμαί <span class="title">AP</span>7.710 (Erinna), cf. 491 (Mnasalc.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">Siren, deceitful woman</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>936</span>: also, <b class="b2">the Siren charm</b> of eloquence, persuasion, and the like, <span class="bibl">Alcm.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.228</span>, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aet.7</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">ποικίλη σ</b>., of philosophy, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.145 S.; λόγων σ. καὶ χάρις <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Mar.</span>44</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.H. <span class="title">Comp.</span>26</span>, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.52d</span>; ὤλετο παρθενίη σ. ἐμή <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>1.567.7 (Fayum), cf. <span class="title">IG</span>14.1942 (Rome); <b class="b3">σειρῆνα θεάτρων</b>, of Menander, ib.1183; <b class="b3">ἔνθεον σειρῆνα χεύῃ</b> ib.42(1).130.17 (Epid.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> ὁ, a kind of <b class="b2">solitary bee</b> or <b class="b2">wasp</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>623b11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> a small <b class="b2">singingbird</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> prob. <b class="b2">ostrich</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Is.</span>13.21</span>,al., <span class="bibl">1</span><span class="title">Enoch</span> 19.2. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> as name of Zeus, dub. in <span class="bibl">Antim.94</span> (<b class="b3">σείρινα</b> acc. sg., codd.<span class="title">EM</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b2">a light garment</b>, Harp. s.v. [[σείρινα]], Phot. (Correctly written with <b class="b3">-ει-</b>, as name of a ship, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1629.687.)</span>