ἴκρια,τά(sg.v.infr. 111 ; for the accentv.Hdn.Gr. 1.357 ),
A. halfdeckat the stern of a ship, νηῶν ἴκρι' ἐπῴχετο μακρὰ βιβάσθων
Il. 15.676
; [ κυβερνήτης] κάππες' ἀπ' ἰκριόφιν
Od. 12.414
;εἰς ἴκρια νηὸς ἔβαινον πρῴρης(i.e. from the prow) ib. 229 ; νηὸς ἐπ' ἰκριόφιν καταλέξεται
3.353
; εὐπάκτων ἐπ' ἰκρίων σταθεὶς ὄρουσε
B. 16.83
: wrongly expld. by Eust. as = ἐγκοίλια in Od. 5.252 , but perh. so used by Nonn. D. 40.447 , 452 ; expld. as = κεραία in A.R. 1.566 by Sch., but prob. wrongly, cf. Lyc. 751 .
II. generally,platform, stage, ἴκρια ἐπὶ σταυρῶν ὑψηλῶν . . ἕστηκε
Hdt. 5.16
, cf. Str. 12.3.18 , Hsch.
2. scaffolding,
IG 12.94.28 (prob. in 374.151 ), 4.39 (Aegina,v B.C.), BCH 6.27 (Delos,ii B.C.).