The corpus record

ἠρίον

erion · τό

mound, barrow, tomb

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Where it lives

Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἠρίον · ērion — LSJ

mound, barrow, tomb

mound, barrow, tomb, ἔνθʼ ἄρʼ Ἀχιλλεὺς φράσσατο Πατρόκλῳ μέγα ἠ. Il. 23.126, cf. SIG 11 (Delph.), IG 12(1).168 (Rhodes), A.R. 1.1165, etc.; ἠρία νεκύων, Κορύθοιο, Theoc. 2.13, Nic. Fr. 108; εἵσατο βωμόν . . , ἠ. ὄφρα γένοιτο Epigr.Gr. 411 (Patara); κατὰ χθονὸς ἠρία τεῦχον AP 7.180 (Apollonid.), cf. Epigr.Gr. 214.1 (Rhenea); in Prose, Arist. Ath. 55.3, D. 57.67, prob. in Din. 2.17, cf. Lycurg. 109, Plu. TG 9, etc.: metaph., ἠρία τῶν ψυχῶν τὰς βίβλους Them. Or. 4.59d. (Derived from ἔρα by Harp., e

In the wild

ἠρία · ēria Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..55 (DIORISIS sentence 660)
ἠρίον · ērion Iliad 23.126

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἠρίον (scan pp. 572-573; entry #2493).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἠρίον (scan p. 431; entry #3044).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἠρίον (scan pp. 675-676; entry #2366).

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