Σειρήν
Σειρήν,
ῆνος,
ἡ,
Siren; in pl.,
Σειρῆνες,,
Sirens,
Od. 12.39 , al., cf. Sch.ad loc.; Ep. dual gen.
Σειρήνοιιν ib.
52 ,
167 ;
A). πτεροφόροι νεανίδες .. Σειρῆνες E. Hel. 169 (lyr.), cf.
Fr. 911 (lyr.);
Σειρὴν .. τὰ σκέλη δὲ κοψίχου Anaxil. 22.20 ; cf.
ἁρπυιόγουνος; σειρῆνα κόμπον .. ὃς Ζεφύρου σιγάζει πνοάς Pi. Parth. 2.13 , cf.
Hes. Fr. 69 ;
ἐπὶ τῶν κύκλων [τοῦ ἀτράκτου]. . ἐφ’ ἑκάστου βεβηκέναι Σειρῆνα .. φωνὴν μίαν ἱεῖσαν Pl. R. 617b (hence
σειρῆνες· τὰ ἄστρα,
Lex.Rhet.ap.
Eust. 1709.54 , cf.
Theo Sm. p.146H.); as a grave-ornament,
στᾶλαι καὶ Σειρῆνες ἐμαί AP 7.710 (Erinna), cf.
491 (
Mnasalc.).
II). metaph.,
Siren, deceitful woman,
E. Andr. 936 : also,
the Siren charm of eloquence, persuasion, and the like ,
Alcm. 7 ,
Aeschin. 3.228 ,
Alex.Aet. 7 (pl.);
ποικίλη ς., of philosophy,
Phld. Rh. 2.145 S.;
λόγων ς. καὶ χάρις Plu. Mar. 44 , cf.
D.H. Comp. 26 ,
Jul. Or. 2.52d ;
ὤλετο παρθενίη ς. ἐμή Supp.Epigr. 1.567.7 (Fayum), cf.
IG 14.1942 (Rome);
σειρῆνα θεάτρων, of Menander, ib.
1183 ;
ἔνθεον σειρῆνα χεύῃ ib.
42(1).130.17 (Epid.).
IV). a small singingbird, Hsch.
V). as name of Zeus, dub. in
Antim. 94 (
σείρινα acc. sg., codd.
EM).
VI). a light garment, Harp. s.v. σείρινα , Phot. (Correctly written with -ει-, as name of a ship, IG 22.1629.687 .)
ShortDef
a Siren
siren
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Headword (normalized):
σειρήν
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σειρην
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-93554
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">Σειρήν</span>, <span class="itype greek">ῆνος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Siren</span>; in pl., <span class="foreign greek">Σειρῆνες,</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sirens</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 12.39 </a>, al., cf. Sch.ad loc.; Ep. dual gen. <span class="foreign greek">Σειρήνοιιν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:52/canonical-url/"> 52 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:167" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:167/canonical-url/"> 167 </a>; <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">πτεροφόροι νεανίδες .. Σειρῆνες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:169" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:169/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 169 </a> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 911 </span> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">Σειρὴν .. τὰ σκέλη δὲ κοψίχου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0406.tlg001:22:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0406.tlg001:22.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxil.</span> 22.20 </a> ; cf. <span class="quote greek">ἁρπυιόγουνος; σειρῆνα κόμπον .. ὃς Ζεφύρου σιγάζει πνοάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:2:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:2.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Parth.</span> 2.13 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 69 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ τῶν κύκλων [τοῦ ἀτράκτου]. . ἐφ’ ἑκάστου βεβηκέναι Σειρῆνα .. φωνὴν μίαν ἱεῖσαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:617b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:617b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 617b </a> (hence <span class="foreign greek">σειρῆνες· τὰ ἄστρα</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lex.Rhet.</span>ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1709:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1709.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 1709.54 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theo Sm.</span> p.146H.</span>); as a grave-ornament, <span class="quote greek">στᾶλαι καὶ Σειρῆνες ἐμαί</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.710 </span> (Erinna), cf. <span class="bibl"> 491 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mnasalc.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Siren, deceitful woman</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:936" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:936/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 936 </a>: also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the Siren charm</span> of eloquence, persuasion, and the like , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alcm.</span> 7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:228" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:228/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.228 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0216.tlg001:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0216.tlg001:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.Aet.</span> 7 </a> (pl.); <span class="foreign greek">ποικίλη ς.</span>, of philosophy, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 2.145 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span></span>; <span class="quote greek">λόγων ς. καὶ χάρις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg031:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg031:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mar.</span> 44 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 26 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:2:52d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:2.52d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 2.52d </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὤλετο παρθενίη ς. ἐμή</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.Epigr.</span> 1.567.7 </span> (Fayum), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1942 </span> (Rome); <span class="foreign greek">σειρῆνα θεάτρων</span>, of Menander, ib.<span class="bibl"> 1183 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἔνθεον σειρῆνα χεύῃ</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 42(1).130.17 </span> (Epid.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">solitary bee</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wasp</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:623b:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:623b.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 623b11 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> a small <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">singingbird</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> prob. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ostrich</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:13:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:13.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Is.</span> 13.21 </a>,al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:1/canonical-url/"> 1 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Enoch</span> 19.2 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> as name of Zeus, dub. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0239.tlg002:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0239.tlg002:94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antim.</span> 94 </a> (<span class="foreign greek">σείρινα</span> acc. sg., codd.<span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a light garment</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Harp.</span> </span> s.v. <span class="ref greek">σείρινα</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phot.</span> </span> (Correctly written with <span class="foreign greek">-ει-</span>, as name of a ship, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1629.687 </span>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}