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δειράς

δειράς, the ridge of a chain of hills

δειράς (Cret. δηράς GDI 5024.19), άδος, ἡ,
  • ridge of a chain of hills, h.Ap. 281, S. Aj. 697 (lyr.), Limen. 22; of the isthmus of Corinth, Pi. O. 8.52, I. 1.10; of Trachis, S. Ph. 491: in pl., E. Ph. 206 (lyr.): metaph., τέγγει δʼ ὑπʼ ὀφρύσι δειράδας, of the petrified form of Niobe on Mt. Sipylus, which poured tears under the brow of the hill over its ridges, S. Ant. 832 (lyr.). (δερσ-, cf. Skt. drsad- ‘rock’.)

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