σιδήρεος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=σιδηρέα, Ion. and Ep. [[σιδηρέη]], [[σιδήρεον]], Att. contr. [[σιδηροῦς]], [[σιδηρᾶ]], [[σιδηροῦν]] <span class="title">SIG</span>144.14, etc.; Ep. also [[σιδήρειος]], [[σιδηρείη]], [[σιδήρειον]], v. infr.; also late, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Stud.Pal.</span>20.217.9</span> (vi A.D.) (fem. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> -ειος Theognost.<span class="title">Can.</span> 56); Dor. [[σιδάρεος]] [ᾱ] <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).103.114 (Epid., iv B.C.), and v. infr. 11, also σιδάριος <span class="title">SIG</span>246 ii 67 (Delph., iv B.C.); Aeol. [[σιδάριος]] <span class="bibl">Theoc.29.24</span>:—[[made of iron]] or [[made of steel]], ἄξων <span class="bibl">Il.5.723</span>; σιδηρείη κορύνη <span class="bibl">7.141</span>; πύλαι <span class="bibl">8.15</span>; [[ὑποκρητηρίδιον]] <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.25</span>; [[σκύταλον]] <span class="bibl">Theoc.17.31</span>; <b class="b3">χεὶρ σ</b>. [[grappling-iron]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.25</span>, <span class="bibl">7.62</span>: also σιδήρεος [[ὀρυμαγδός]], i.e. the [[clang]] [[of arms]], <span class="bibl">Il.17.424</span>; <b class="b3">σ. οὐρανός</b> the [[iron]] [[sky]], the [[firmament]], which the ancients held to be of [[metal]], <span class="bibl">Od.15.329</span> (cf. [[χάλκεος]]) <b class="b3">; σιδήρεον γένος</b>, of the <span class="title">Iron</span> age, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>176</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἦ γὰρ σοί γε σ. ἐν φρεσὶ θυμός</b> a [[soul]] [[of iron]], i.e. [[hard]], [[stubborn as iron]], <span class="bibl">Il. 22.357</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.23.172</span>; οὐδέ μοι . . θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι σ., ἀλλ' ἐλεήμων <span class="bibl">5.191</span>; οὐδ' εἴ οἱ κραδίη γε σ. ἔνδοθεν ἦεν <span class="bibl">4.293</span>; σιδήρειόν νύ τοι ἦτορ <span class="bibl">Il.24.205</span>,<span class="bibl">521</span>; <b class="b3">ἦ ῥά νυ σοί γε σ. πάντα τέτυκται</b> thou art [[iron]] all! <span class="bibl">Od. 12.280</span>; <b class="b3">πυρὸς μένος . . σ</b>. the [[iron]] [[force]] of [[fire]], <span class="bibl">Il.23.177</span>; of Heracles, the [[iron-sided]], <span class="bibl">Simon.8</span>; of men, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>491</span>; σὰρξ σ. <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.47</span>; <b class="b3">ὦ σιδήρεοι</b> O ye [[iron-hearted]]! <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.166</span>; εἰ μὴ σιδηροῦς ἐστιν, οἴομαι ἔννουν γεγονέναι <span class="bibl">Lys.10.20</span>; σ. λόγοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>509a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[σιδάρεοι]], [[οἱ]], [[Byzantine iron coins]], always used in Dor. form, even at Athens, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>249</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.96</span>, <span class="bibl">Stratt.36</span>.</span>