σιδήρεος: Difference between revisions

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