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μηρία

meria · τά

thigh-bones

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μηρία · mēria — LSJ

thigh-bones, thigh-bones in their fat

thigh-bones, ἐκ μηρία τάμνον . . κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν, δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες Od. 3.456; ἐπὶ μηρία θέντες Ἀπόλλωνι 21.267, cf. foreg.; εἴ ποτέ τοι κατὰ πίονα μηρίʼ (i.e. thigh-bones in their fat) ἔκηα Il. 1.40, cf. Od. 4.764, al.; πιανθέντα βοῶν ὅ γε μ. καίει Theoc. 17.126; but δημὸν καὶ μ. ἔκηα Il. 8.240; ἀγλαὰ μ. Hes. Op. 337, Thgn. 1145; κηκὶς μηρίων S. Ant. 1008; τῶν μηρίων ἡ κνῖσα Ar. Av. 193, cf. 1517.—On the distinction between μηρία and μηροί, cf. Apollon. Lex. s.v. μηρία, Ammon. Diff. p.1

II thighs

= μηροί, thighs, φῦμα μηρίων μεταξύ Archil. 136, cf. Bion 1.84; βρέφους Sor. 1.100.

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