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δειρή

deire

neck, throat

Appears 12 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δειρή, ἡ, Att. δέρη A. Ag. 329,875, etc.; Aeol. δέρα Sapph. Supp. 23.16(v. infr.):—A. neck, throat, Il. 11.26, etc.; τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς δ. ornaments, Hdt. 1.51. 2. collar, Poll. 2.235. II. in pl., gully, glen, Pi. O. 3.27, 9.59: but in sg., = δειράς, prob. in Hermesian. 7.54. (The original form is preserved in Arc. δερϝά BCH 39.55 (Orchom.): Aeol. δέρρη is coined by EM 262.57 as etym. of δέρρις: Hsch. has δέρα· ὑπερβολὴ ὄρους, οἱ δὲ τὰ σιμὰ τῶν ὀρῶν by confusion with δειράς. Κοίλᾳ δέρᾳ, place-name in Inscr.Olymp. 46.30. Prob. from root of ζέρεθρον, βιβρώσκω.)
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