A.“-ειος” Theognost.Can. 56); Dor. σιδάρεος [α_] IG42(1).103.114 (Epid., iv B.C.), and v. infr. 11, also σιδάριος SIG246 ii 67 (Delph., iv B.C.); Aeol. σιδάριος Theoc.29.24:—made of iron or steel, “ἄξων” Il.5.723; “σιδηρείη κορύνη” 7.141; “πύλαι” 8.15; “ὑποκρητηρίδιον” Hdt.1.25; “σκύταλον” Theoc.17.31; χεὶρ ς. grappling-iron, Th.4.25, 7.62: also ς. ὀρυμαγδός, i.e. the clang of arms, Il.17.424; ς. οὐρανός the iron sky, the firmament, which the ancients held to be of metal, Od.15.329 (cf. χάλκεος）; ς. γένος, of the Iron age, Hes.Op.176.
2. metaph., ἦ γὰρ σοί γε ς. ἐν φρεσὶ θυμός a soul of iron, i.e. hard, stubborn as iron, Il. 22.357, cf. Od.23.172; “οὐδέ μοι . . θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι ς., ἀλλ᾽ ἐλεήμων” 5.191; “οὐδ᾽ εἴ οἱ κραδίη γε ς. ἔνδοθεν ἦεν” 4.293; “σιδήρειόν νύ τοι ἦτορ” Il.24.205,521; ἦ ῥά νυ σοί γε ς. πάντα τέτυκται thou art iron all! Od. 12.280; πυρὸς μένος . . ς. the iron force of fire, Il.23.177; of Heracles, the ironsided, Simon.8; of men, Ar.Ach.491; “σὰρξ ς.” Theoc.22.47; ὦ σιδήρεοι O ye ironhearted! Aeschin.3.166; “εἰ μὴ σιδηροῦς ἐστιν, οἴομαι ἔννουν γεγονέναι” Lys.10.20; “ς. λόγοι” Pl.Grg.509a.
