ἔριον

erion

wool

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 3
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Book II 1
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370e3
Book III 1
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398a7
Book IV 1
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429d5
Statesman 2
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282c1
279b4
Charmides 1
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173e4
Ion 1
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540c7
Lysis 1
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208d4
Symposium 1
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175d6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔριον, τό, Ion. εἴριον GDIiv p.876 (Chios, iv B. C., also written ἔρια ibid.), Hdt., Hp., and always in Hom. (indicating ἐρϝ-) exc. gen. ἐρίοιο in Od. 4.124:—A. wool, Il. 12.434, Od.l.c., Pl. Smp. 175d ; ἐρίῳ στέψαντες, i.e. with woollen fillets, Id. R. 398a, etc.: freq. in pl., Il. 3.388, Od. 18.316 ; εἴρια ῥυπαρά, ἔρια οἰσυπηρά, greasy wool, Hp. Fract. 21, Dsc. 2.74 ; ἔρια καθαρά PCair.Zen. 12.62 (iii B. C.); τἄρια, crasis for τὰ ἔ., Ar. Ra. 1387 ; οὖλα ἔρια ib.1067 ; ἔ. πεπταμένα outspread flocks of wool, Id. Nu. 343 ; ἐρίων τάλαντον Id. V. 1147 ; τὰ Μιλήσια ἔ. Eub. 90.3, cf. Amphis 27.1 ; εἴρια ἀπὸ ξύλου cotton, Hdt. 3. 47, cf. 106 ; τὸ ἔ. [τῆς ἀράχνης] a spiderʼs web, Philostr. Im. 2.28 ; τὰ ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης ἔ., of the byssus of the pinna, Alciphr. 1.2. (ἔρια Schwyzer 180 (Crete) without initial ϝ-; Lat. vervex perh. not cogn.)

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