ἔριον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, Ion. εἴριον <span class="title">GDI</span>iv <span class="bibl">p.876</span> (Chios, iv B. C., also written <b class="b3">ἔρια</b> ibid.), Hdt., Hp., and always in Hom. (indicating <b class="b3">ἐρϝ-</b>) exc. gen. <b class="b3">ἐρίοιο</b> in <span class="bibl">Od.4.124</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[wool]], <span class="bibl">Il.12.434</span>, Od.l.c., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>175d</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐρίῳ στέψαντες</b>, i.e. with woollen fillets, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>398a</span>, etc.: freq. in pl., <span class="bibl">Il. 3.388</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.18.316</span> ; <b class="b3">εἴρια ῥυπαρά, ἔρια οἰσυπηρά</b>, greasy wool, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Fract.</span>21</span>, Dsc.2.74 ; ἔρια καθαρά <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>12.62</span> (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">τἄρια</b>, crasis for <b class="b3">τὰ ἔ</b>., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1387</span> ; <b class="b3">οὖλα ἔρια</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1067</span> ; <b class="b3">ἔ. πεπταμένα</b> outspread [[flocks of wool]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Nu.</span>343</span> ; ἐρίων τάλαντον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>1147</span> ; τὰ Μιλήσια ἔ. <span class="bibl">Eub.90.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Amphis 27.1</span> ; εἴρια ἀπὸ ξύλου [[cotton]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3</span>. <span class="bibl">47</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">106</span> ; <b class="b3">τὸ ἔ. [τῆς ἀράχνης]</b> a spider's [[web]], <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.28</span> ; <b class="b3">τὰ ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης ἔ</b>., of the [[byssus]] of the pinna, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.2</span>. (ἔρια <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 180 (Crete) without initial <b class="b3">ϝ-</b>; Lat. [[vervex]] perh. not cogn.)</span>