εἰρεσία

eiresia

rowing, oarage

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 3
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Book 10 1
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1078
Book 11 1
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11640
Book 12 1
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12225

Dictionary (LSJ)

εἰρεσία, Ion. -ίη, ἡ, (ἐρέσσω) A. 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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