μηρός
meros
thigh
Appears 36 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μηρός, ὁ, A. thigh, φάσγανον ὀξὺ ἐρυσσάμενος παρὰ μηροῦ drawing his sword from his thigh, where it hung, Il. 1.190, cf. Od. 11.231, al.; μηρὼ πληξάμενος, in sign of vehement agitation, Il. 16.125; ἐπαίσατο τὸν μηρόν Cyr. 7.3.6; τύπτειν 15.27.11; τὸν μ. ἀλοῆσαι TG 2; ἐπὶ μηρόν τινος beside it, 4 Ki. 16.14: in pl., Supp. 11.6, Fr. 135, 136. 2. thigh-bone, κατʼ ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται Il. 5.305, cf. Art. 57, 18(2).472; esp. of thigh-bones with flesh offered in sacrifice, μηροὺς ἐξέταμον Il. 1.460, al. (cf. μηρία) ; καταρρυεῖς μ. καλυπτῆς ἐξέκειντο πιμελῆς Ant. 1011; θεοῖσι μηρὸν θύετε 130; τίθεσο τὼ μηρὼ λαβών Pax 1039. 3. generally, leg-bones, κάμηλος ἐν τοῖσι ὀπισθίοισι σκέλεσι ἔχει τέσσερας μηροὺς καὶ γούνατα τέσσερα 3.103. (Cf. OIr. mīr ‘piece’, Lat. membrum, from mēmsro-, Skt. māmsám ‘meat’.)
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