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.
II. metaph. of an animal's tail, Nic.Th.119,385.
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.