μηρία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τά (sg. <b class="b3">μηρίον</b> only in <span class="bibl">Posidon.16</span> J.); in Hom. and Ar. also μῆρα (q. v.): <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">thigh-bones</b>, ἐκ μηρία τάμνον . . κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν, δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες <span class="bibl">Od.3.456</span>; ἐπὶ μηρία θέντες Ἀπόλλωνι <span class="bibl">21.267</span>, cf. foreg.; <b class="b3">εἴ ποτέ τοι κατὰ πίονα μηρί'</b> (i. e. <b class="b2">thigh-bones in their fat</b>) ἔκηα <span class="bibl">Il. 1.40</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.4.764</span>, al.; πιανθέντα βοῶν ὅ γε μ. καίει <span class="bibl">Theoc.17.126</span>; but δημὸν καὶ μ. ἔκηα <span class="bibl">Il.8.240</span>; ἀγλαὰ μ. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>337</span>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.1145</span>; κηκὶς μηρίων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1008</span>; τῶν μηρίων ἡ κνῖσα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>193</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1517</span>.—On the distinction between <b class="b3">μηρία</b> and <b class="b3">μηροί</b>, cf. Apollon.<span class="title">Lex.</span> s.v. [[μηρία]], <span class="bibl">Ammon.<span class="title">Diff.</span>p.161</span> V., etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[μηροί]], <b class="b2">thighs</b>, φῦμα μηρίων μεταξύ <span class="bibl">Archil.136</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Bion 1.84</span>; βρέφους <span class="bibl">Sor.1.100</span>.</span>