μηρία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τά (sg. [[μηρίον]] only in Posidon.16 J.); in Hom. and Ar. also [[μῆρα]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]):<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[thighbones]], ἐκ μηρία τάμνον… κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν, δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες Od.3.456; ἐπὶ μηρία θέντες Ἀπόλλωνι 21.267, cf. [[μῆρα]]; <b class="b3">εἴ ποτέ τοι κατὰ πίονα μηρί'</b> (i.e. [[thigh-bones in their fat]]) ἔκηα Il. 1.40, cf. Od.4.764, al.; πιανθέντα βοῶν ὅ γε μ. καίει Theoc.17.126; but δημὸν καὶ μ. ἔκηα Il.8.240; ἀγλαὰ μ. Hes.''Op.''337, Thgn.1145; κηκὶς μηρίων S.''Ant.''1008; τῶν μηρίων ἡ κνῖσα [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''193, cf. 1517.—On the distinction between [[μηρία]] and [[μηροί]], cf. Apollon.''Lex.'' [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[μηρία]], Ammon.''Diff.''p.161 V., etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[μηροί]], [[thighs]], φῦμα μηρίων μεταξύ Archil.136, cf. Bion 1.84; βρέφους Sor.1.100.