σειρά

seira

cord, rope

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

σειρά, Ion. σειρή, Dor. σηρά Choerob. in An.Ox. 2.260, Et.Gud. 497.47: :—A. cord, rope, σειράς τʼ εὐπλέκτους Il. 23.115; σειρὴν δὲ πλεκτήν Od. 22.175; σ. χρυσείη cord of gold, Il. 8.19, cf. Pl. Tht. 153c: metaph., σειραῖς . . ἁμαρτιῶν σφίγγεται LXXPr. 5.22; σειραὶ ζόφου v.l. in 2 Ep.Pet. 2.4: v. also σαύρα IV. 2. trace (cf. σειραφόρος), Poll. 1.141. 3. cord or line with a noose, lasso, used by the Sagartians and Sarmatians, Hdt. 7.85, Paus. 1.21.5: hence the Parthians are called σειραφόροι, Suid. 4. a bandage, Gal. 18(1).777; σ. μονομερής, διμερής, κτλ. Sor. Fasc. 23,24, al. 5. ἡ σ. τοῦ βίρρου,= cimussatio (prob. edge, border), Dosith.p.435K. II. metaph. of an animalʼs tail, Nic. Th. 119,385. III. σειραὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς locks of hair, LXX Jd. 16.13; σ. τριχῶν Poll. 2.30. IV. metaph., line, lineage, Tz.ad Lyc. 481, Sch.Il. 1.176. V. series, Dam. Pr. 45,95. VI. pl., a disease of horses, Hippiatr. 52. VII. the front part of the perineum, Aët. 6.34.
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