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|Definition=Ion. σειρή, Dor. σηρά Choerob. in <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>2.260, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Et.Gud.</span> 497.47</span>: ἡ:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[cord]], [[rope]], σειράς τ' εὐπλέκτους <span class="bibl">Il.23.115</span>; σειρὴν δὲ πλεκτήν <span class="bibl">Od.22.175</span>; <b class="b3">σ. χρυσείη</b> [[cord]] of gold, <span class="bibl">Il.8.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span> 153c</span>: metaph., σειραῖς . . ἁμαρτιῶν σφίγγεται <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Pr.</span>5.22</span>; <b class="b3">σειραὶ ζόφου</b> v.l. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Pet.</span>2.4</span>: v. also <b class="b3">σαύρα</b> IV. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[trace]] (cf. [[σειραφόρος]]), <span class="bibl">Poll.1.141</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[cord]] or <b class="b2">line with a noose, lasso</b>, used by the Sagartians and Sarmatians, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.85</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.1.21.5</span>: hence the Parthians are called <b class="b3">σειραφόροι</b>, Suid. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> a bandage, Gal.18(1).777; <b class="b3">σ. μονομερής, διμερής, κτλ</b>. <span class="bibl">Sor.<span class="title">Fasc.</span>23</span>,<span class="bibl">24</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ἡ σ. τοῦ βίρρου</b>,= [[cimussatio]] (prob. [[edge]], [[border]]), Dosith.<span class="bibl">p.435K.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph. of an animal's [[tail]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>119</span>,<span class="bibl">385</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">σειραὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς</b> [[locks]] of hair, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Jd.</span>16.13</span>; σ. τριχῶν <span class="bibl">Poll.2.30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> metaph., [[line]], [[lineage]], Tz.ad Lyc.481, Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.1.176</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> [[series]], <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>45</span>,<span class="bibl">95</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> pl., <b class="b2">a disease of horses</b>, <span class="bibl">Hippiatr.52</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VII</span> [[the front part of the perineum]], <span class="bibl">Aët.6.34</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[cord]], [[rope]], [[snare]], [[lasso]] (Il.).<br />Other forms: Ion. <b class="b3">-ρή</b> (Dor. <b class="b3">σηρά</b> gramm.).<br />Compounds: Some compp.: <b class="b3">σειρα-φόρος</b>, Ion. <b class="b3">-ρη-</b> (<b class="b3">ἵππος</b>) m. <b class="b2">rope-horse, trace-horse</b> (Hdt., A., Ar.), <b class="b3">παρά-σειρος</b> prop. "having a rope aside", <b class="b2">walking by the siderope, situated on the side, sidehorse</b>, metaph. [[companion]] (E. in lyr., X., Poll. a. o.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σειραῖος</b> <b class="b2">equipped with a rope, walking by the rope</b> (= <b class="b3">σειραφόρος</b>; S., E., D.H. a.o.); <b class="b3">σειράω</b> [[to tie or to pull with a rope]] (Phot.); <b class="b3">ἀνα-σειράζω</b> <b class="b2">to pull backwards (with a rope)</b> (E., A. R. a.o.); also <b class="b3">σειρ-ωτός</b> <b class="b2">girded with a cord</b> (Sm., Thd.), <b class="b3">-όω</b> <b class="b2">to gird, to hem</b> (Dosith.), <b class="b3">-ωσις</b> (Phot.). Dimin. <b class="b3">σειρίς</b> f. (X.); <b class="b3">σερίδες</b> (for <b class="b3">-ει-</b>?) <b class="b3">σειραί</b>, <b class="b3">σερί</b><<b class="b3">ς</b>> <b class="b3">ζωστήρ</b> H.; <b class="b3">σειράδιον</b> n. (Eust.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1101] <b class="b2">*tu̯er-</b> [[grasp]], [[seize]], [[fence in]]<br />Etymology: Since Bezzenberger BB 12, 240 usu. connected with Lith. <b class="b2">tveriù</b>, <b class="b2">tvérti</b> [[grasp]], [[fence in]] (s. [[σορός]]) and as "the seizing" explained (Solmsen Wortforsch. 127); basis <b class="b2">*tu̯er-i̯ā</b> (Bechtel Lex. s.v. [asking] <b class="b2">*tu̯ersā</b> ?); on the phonetics Forbes Glotta 36, 246. Semant. without doubt better with Fick, Curtius a. o., also Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73 : 2, 26 to <b class="b3">εἴρω</b> [[order]], [[connect]], Lat. [[serō]] etc., in which case however (in spite of Pisani) <b class="b3">σ-</b> remains unexplained. Hitt. <b class="b2">turii̯a-</b> [[harness]], [[hitch to]], by Duchesne-Guillemin Trans. Phil. Soc. 1946, 50, Risch by Mayrhofer Sprache 10, 197 and IF 70, 253 a.o. adduced, belongs acc. to Sommer Sprache 1,162 rather to Skt. <b class="b2">dhur-</b> [[hitching]] (reserved Kronasser Etymologie 1, 499).