φάλᾰρον (phalaron)

Where it lives

Persians 1 · 1.96/10k

What it meant

φάλᾰρον · phalaron — LSJ

boss, disc, bosses

boss or disc, mostly in pl., once in Hom., βάλλετο δʼ αἰεὶ κὰπ φάλαρʼ εὐποίηθʼ, of metal bosses on a helmet, Il. 16.106; βασιλείου τιάρας φάλαρον πιφαύσκων A. Pers. 662 (lyr.).

II cheek-pieces

pl., cheek-pieces of a horseʼs head-stall (expld. by παραγναθίδες Hsch., τὰ τῶν γνάθων σκεπάσματα Phot.), Hdt. 1.215, E. Supp. 586, X. HG 4.1.39, Ptol.Euerg. 9J.; but φάλαρα is a gloss in ἀμπυκτήρια φ. πώλων S. OC 1069 (lyr.); cf. Lat. phalerae.

2 bandages for the cheek

bandages for the cheek, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.44, Sor. Fasc. 18.

III ornaments

metaph., ornaments, Plu. Cupid. 2.528a, D.Chr. 78.26.

In the wild

φάλαρον · phalaron Aeschylus, Persians 659–662

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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