- εἰρεσία
- εἰρεσία, [dialect] Ion. -ίη, ἡ, ([etym.] ἐρέσσω)A rowing, oarage,
πρῶτα μὲν εἰρεσίη, μετέπειτα δὲ κάλλιμος οὖρος Od.11.640
;εἰρεσίῃ χρᾶσθαι Hdt.1.203
, 4.110;εἰρεσίας ζυγόν S.Aj.249
(lyr.);εἰ. τῶν τριήρων Arist.Mete.369b10
: metaph.,εἰ. πτερῶν Luc.Tim.40
; παρὰ δ' εἰρεσίᾳ μαστῶν ἕπεται Ἀστυάναξ close to her throbbing breast, E.Tr.570 (anap.);εἰρεσίῃ γλώσσης Dionys.Eleg.4.3
.2 oar, Ph.1.352,385.II in collective sense, rowers, oarsmen, E.Hel.1453(lyr.), AP7.287 (Antip.(?)); ξυνέχειν τὴν εἰ. keep the oars together or make the rowers keep time, Th.7.14.2 boat-song, to which the rowers kept time,αὐλεῖν εἰρεσίαν Plu.Alc.32
, cf. Luc.VH1.40.III pl., rowers' benches, Plb.1.21.2. (The [dialect] Ep. form, due to metrical lengthening, is retained in Prose.)
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