μηρία

meria

thigh-bones

Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 10
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Book 3 3
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39
3273
3456
Book 4 1
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4764
Book 9 1
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9553
Book 17 1
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17241
Book 19 2
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19366
19397
Book 21 1
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21267
Book 22 1
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22336
Iliad 6
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

140
Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8240
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11773
Book 15 1
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15373
Book 22 1
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22170
Book 24 1
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2434

Dictionary (LSJ)

μηρία, τά (sg. μηρίον only in Posidon. 16 J.); in Hom. and Ar. also μῆρα (q. v.): A. thigh-bones, ἐκ μηρία τάμνον . . κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν, δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες Od. 3.456; ἐπὶ μηρία θέντες Ἀπόλλωνι 21.267, cf. foreg.; εἴ ποτέ τοι κατὰ πίονα μηρίʼ (i. e. thigh-bones in their fat) ἔκηα Il. 1.40, cf. Od. 4.764, al.; πιανθέντα βοῶν ὅ γε μ. καίει Theoc. 17.126; but δημὸν καὶ μ. ἔκηα Il. 8.240; ἀγλαὰ μ. Hes. Op. 337, Thgn. 1145; κηκὶς μηρίων S. Ant. 1008; τῶν μηρίων ἡ κνῖσα Ar. Av. 193, cf. 1517.—On the distinction between μηρία and μηροί, cf. Apollon. Lex. s.v. μηρία, Ammon. Diff.p.161 V., etc. II. = μηροί, thighs, φῦμα μηρίων μεταξύ Archil. 136, cf. Bion 1.84; βρέφους Sor. 1.100.

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