ἔθειρα,ἡ,
A. hair, poet. Noun, Hom. only in Il. , and always in pl., either ofa horse's mane, 8.42 ; or of thehorsehair creston helmets, 16.795 , 19.382 .
II. later sg.,hair of the head, Pi. I. 5(4).9 , A. Pers. 1062 (lyr.), E. Hel. 1124 (lyr.), Theoc. 5.91 , etc.: also pl., h.Ven. 228 , A. Ch. 175 , E. Hel. 632 , Euph. 23 , IG 3.1376 , etc.; of a lion'smane, Theoc. 25.244 ; porcupine'squills, Opp. C. 3.395 ; a bird'sfeathers, ib. 123 ;κρόκου θυόεσσαν ἔθειραν, of thefiliform stigmasof the saffron, Mosch. 2.68 .