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εἴρη

eire1 · ἡ

a place of assembly

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What it meant

εἴρη · eirē — LSJ

a place of assembly

= ἀγορά or ἐκκλησία, a place of assembly, εἰράων προπάροιθε καθήμενοι Il. 18.531 (cf. Sch. ad loc. and EM 483.3); ἐπιμίσγεται . . εἴρας ἐς ἀθανάτων Hes. Th. 804 (Herm. for εἰρέας): expld. by Hsch. as = ἐρώτησις, φήμη, κληδών (also written ἰρά, ἱρά, by Gramm., cf. Apollon. Lex., EM 475.12, Suid.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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