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σειρά , Ion. σειρή , Dor. σηρά Choerob. in An.Ox.2.260, Et.Gud. 497.47: ἡ:—
A.cord, rope, “σειράς τ᾽ 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 animal's 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.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.85
    • Homer, Iliad, 23.115
    • Homer, Iliad, 8.19
    • Homer, Odyssey, 22.175
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.21.5
    • Plato, Theaetetus, 153c
    • Homer, Iliad, 1.176
    • New Testament, 2 Peter, 2.4
    • Old Testament, Proverbs, 5.22
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