The corpus record

σῐδήρ-ιον

siderion · τό

implement, tool of iron, with

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Where it lives

On the Murder of Eratosthenes 1 · 4.16/10k
Ion 1 · 2.49/10k
Ecclesiastes 1 · 2.21/10k
Euthydemus 2 · 1.61/10k
Regnorum IV 2 · 1.16/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

σῐδήρ-ιον · sidēr-ion — LSJ

implement, tool of iron, with, irons, iron, knife, tools

implement or tool of iron, IG 1(2).313.128 (v B.C.); θερμοῖσι σ. ἐκκαίειν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς with hot irons, Hdt. 7.18; ἐπαΐοντες σιδηρίων feeling iron, not being proof against it, Id. 3.29; of a knife, Id. 9.37, cf. Lys. 1.42; σ. εἰς κρεονομίαν PCair.Zen. 720.3 (iii B.C.); σ. λιθουργά, of a stonemasonʼs tools, Th. 4.4, cf. Thphr. Lap. 41; σιδηρίων μισθός IG 2(2).1656; λίθους καὶ ξύλα καὶ σ. Pl. Euthd. 300b; σ. πλατέα Arist. Cael. 313a17.

II iron

iron, Daimachus 4J. (v.l. σίδηρον).

In the wild

σιδήριον · sidērion Epictetus, Discourses 4.11 (DIORISIS sentence 7172)
σιδηρίων · sidēriōn Herodotus, Histories 3.29.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3071)
σιδηρίοισι · sidērioisi Herodotus, Histories 7.18.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7207)
σιδηρίου · sidēriou Herodotus, Histories 9.37.2 (DIORISIS sentence 9589)
σιδήριον̓ · sidērion Lysias, On the Murder of Eratosthenes 42 (DIORISIS sentence 114)
σιδήρια · sidēria Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 3.13.1 (DIORISIS sentence 292)

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