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ἔριον

ἔριον, wool

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ἔριά Noun: neuter nominative plural, Noun: neuter vocative plural, Noun: neuter accusative plural of ἔριον

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ἔριον, τό, Ion. εἴριον GDI iv p.876 (Chios, iv B. C., also written ἔρια ibid.), Hdt., Hp., and always in Hom. (indicating ἐρϝ-) exc. gen. ἐρίοιο in Od. 4.124:—
  • wool, Il. 12.434, Od. l.c., Pl. Smp. 175d; ἐρίῳ στέψαντες, i.e. with woollen fillets, Id. R. 398a, etc.: freq. in pl., Il. 3.388, Od. 18.316; εἴρια ῥυπαρά, ἔρια οἰσυπηρά, greasy wool, Hp. Fract. 21, Dsc. 2.74; ἔρια καθαρά PCair.Zen. 12.62 (iii B. C.); τἄρια, crasis for τὰ ἔ., Ar. Ra. 1387; οὖλα ἔρια ib. 1067; ἔ. πεπταμένα outspread flocks of wool, Id. Nu. 343; ἐρίων τάλαντον Id. V. 1147; τὰ Μιλήσια ἔ. Eub. 90.3, cf. Amphis 27.1; εἴρια ἀπὸ ξύλου cotton, Hdt. 3.47, cf. 106; τὸ ἔ. [τῆς ἀράχνης] a spiderʼs web, Philostr. Im. 2.28; τὰ ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης ἔ., of the byssus of the pinna, Alciphr. 1.2. (ἔρια Schwyzer 180 (Crete) without initial ϝ-; Lat. vervex perh. not cogn.)

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