δειράς(Cret.δηράς
GDI 5024.19 ),άδος,ἡ,
A. ridge of a chain of hills,
h.Ap. 281 , S. Aj. 697 (lyr.), Limen. 22 ; of the isthmus of Corinth, Pi. O. 8.52 , I. 1.10 ; of Trachis, S. Ph. 491 : in pl., E. Ph. 206 (lyr.): metaph.,τέγγει δ' ὑπ' ὀφρύσι δειράδας,of the petrified form of Niobe on Mt. Sipylus, which poured tears under the brow of the hill over itsridges,
S. Ant. 832 (lyr.). (δερσ-,cf. Skt.drsad-'rock'.)