δειρή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Att. δέρη <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>329</span>,<span class="bibl">875</span>, etc.; Aeol. δέρα <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 23.16</span>(v. infr.):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[neck]], [[throat]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.26</span>, etc.; τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς δ. [[ornaments]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.51</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[collar]], <span class="bibl">Poll.2.235</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in pl., [[gully]], [[glen]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span> 3.27</span>, <span class="bibl">9.59</span>: but in sg., = [[δειράς]], prob. in <span class="bibl">Hermesian.7.54</span>. (The original form is preserved in Arc. δερϝά <span class="title">BCH</span>39.55 (Orchom.): Aeol. δέρρη is coined by <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>262.57</span> as etym. of [[δέρρις]]: Hsch. has <b class="b3">δέρα· ὑπερβολὴ ὄρους, οἱ δὲ τὰ σιμὰ τῶν ὀρῶν</b> by confusion with <b class="b3">δειράς. Κοίλᾳ δέρᾳ</b>, place-name in <span class="title">Inscr.Olymp.</span>46.30. Prob. from root of [[ζέρεθρον]], [[βιβρώσκω]].) </span>