δειρή,ἡ, Att.
δέρη
A. Ag. 329 , 875 , etc.; Aeol.
δέρα
Sapph. Supp. 23.16 (v. infr.):—
A. neck, throat,
Il. 11.26 , etc.; τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς δ. ornaments,
Hdt. 1.51
.
2. collar,
Poll. 2.235 .
II. in pl.,gully, glen,
Pi. O. 3.27 , 9.59 : but in sg., = δειράς , prob. in Hermesian. 7.54 . (The original form is preserved in Arc.
δερϝά
BCH 39.55 (Orchom.): Aeol.
δέρρηis coined by EM 262.57 as etym. ofδέρρις: Hsch. hasδέρα: ὑπερβολὴ ὄρους, οἱ δὲ τὰ σιμὰ τῶν ὀρῶνby confusion withδειράς. Κοίλᾳ δέρᾳ,place-name in Inscr.Olymp. 46.30 . Prob. from root ofζέρεθρον, βιβρώσκω.)