σκληρ-ία, ἡ,
= σκληρότης, hardness, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.376c codices ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; opposed to μαλακία σώματος, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.30K. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 an induration, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.72, 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 5.27.3, 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 1.13, etc. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]