ἴκρια

ikria

halfdeck

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 8
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Book 3 1
Chapter ?

3353
Book 5 2
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5163
5252
Book 12 2
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12229
12414
Book 13 1
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1374
Book 15 2
Chapter ?

15283
15552
Iliad 3
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Book 15 3
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15676
15685
15729

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἴκρια, τά (sg. v. infr. III; for the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.357), A. halfdeck at the stern of a ship, νηῶν ἴκριʼ ἐπῴχετο μακρὰ βιβάσθων Il. 15.676; [κυβερνήτης] κάππεσʼ ἀπʼ ἰκριόφιν Od. 12.414; εἰς ἴκρια νηὸς ἔβαινον πρῴρης (i.e. from the prow) ib.229; νηὸς ἐπʼ ἰκριόφιν καταλέξεται 3.353; εὐπάκτων ἐπʼ ἰκρίων σταθεὶς ὄρουσε B. 16.83: wrongly expld. by Eust. as = ἐγκοίλια in Od. 5.252, but perh. so used by Nonn. D. 40.447,452; expld. as = κεραία in A.R. 1.566 by Sch., but prob. wrongly, cf. Lyc. 751. II. generally, platform, stage, ἴκρια ἐπὶ σταυρῶν ὑψηλῶν . . ἕστηκε Hdt. 5.16, cf. Str. 12.3.18, Hsch. 2. scaffolding, IG 12.94.28 (prob. in 374.151), 4.39 (Aegina, v B.C.), BCH 6.27(Delos, ii B.C.). 3. benches in a theatre, Cratin. 323, Ar. Th. 395, Ath. 4.167f. 4. dub. sens. in Thphr. HP 5.6.2. III. sg.,= ἱστός, mast, Eust. 1533.31; pole, dub. l. in Nic. Th. 198; set up on a cenotaph, Marcellin. Vit. Thuc. 31.

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