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εἰρεσία

εἰρεσία, rowing

εἰρεσία, Ion. -ίη, ἡ, (ἐρέσσω)
  • rowing, oarage, πρῶτα μὲν εἰρεσίη, μετέπειτα δὲ κάλλιμος οὖρος Od. 11.640; εἰρεσίῃ χρᾶσθαι Hdt. 1.203, 4.110; εἰρεσίας ζυγόν S. Aj. 249 (lyr.); εἰ. τῶν τριήρων Arist. Mete. 369b10: metaph., εἰ. πτερῶν Luc. Tim. 40; παρὰ δʼ εἰρεσίᾳ μαστῶν ἕπεται Ἀστυάναξ close to her throbbing breast, E. Tr. 570 (anap.); εἰρεσίῃ γλώσσης Dionys.Eleg. 4.3.
      • 2 oar, Ph. 1.352, 385.
    • II in collective sense, rowers, oarsmen, E. Hel. 1453 (lyr.), AP 7.287 (Antip.(?)); ξυνέχειν τὴν εἰ. keep the oars together or make the rowers keep time, Th. 7.14.
      • 2 boat-song, to which the rowers kept time, αὐλεῖν εἰρεσίαν Plu. Alc. 32, cf. Luc. VH 1.40.
    • III pl., rowers’ benches, Plb. 1.21.2. (The Ep. form, due to metrical lengthening, is retained in Prose.)

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