σίδηρος
σίδηρος
.σίδηρος, Doric σίδᾱρος, ὁ,
iron, Lat. ferrum, Hom., etc.: iron was the last of the metals brought into common use by the Greeks: hence it is πολύκμητος, wrought with much toil, Hom.: and was of high value, pieces of it being given as prizes, Il. It mostly came from the north and east of the Euxine, Σκύθης σ. Aesch.
like Lat. ferrum, anything made of iron, an iron tool or weapon, a sword or knife, an axe-head, etc., Hom., etc.
a place for selling iron, a smithy, a cutlerʼs shop, Xen.
Headword (normalized):
σίδηρος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σιδηρος
Intro Text:
σίδηρος
.σίδηρος, Doric σίδᾱρος, ὁ,
iron, Lat. ferrum, Hom., etc.: iron was the last of the metals brought into common use by the Greeks: hence it is πολύκμητος, wrought with much toil, Hom.: and was of high value, pieces of it being given as prizes, Il. It mostly came from the north and east of the Euxine, Σκύθης σ. Aesch.
like Lat. ferrum, anything made of iron, an iron tool or weapon, a sword or knife, an axe-head, etc., Hom., etc.
a place for selling iron, a smithy, a cutlerʼs shop, Xen.
URN:
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