σίδηρος [ῐ],
Doric dialect σίδᾱρος [[ “IG” 42(1).102.61 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.: ; also ἡ, [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 923 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: neuter σίδηρον, τό, [[ Scholia D 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.151, variant in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.65 and 3rd c.BC: Daimachus Historicus 4J. ] Refs 8th c.BC+] (but probably falsa lectio for{σιδήριον} in [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.72, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {Ἀκίς}): _plural_ σίδηρα 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.12, “Etymologicum Magnum” 26.36, 12th c.AD: Tzetzes, Joannes Grammaticus (see. below)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: —iron, σ. πολιός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.366, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.168; ἰόεις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.850; μέλας 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 151; αἴθων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.485, +others; πολύκμητος 6.48, +others, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.393 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; as an article of traffic, οἰνίζοντο.. Ἀχαιοί, ἄλλοι μὲν χαλκῷ, ἄλλοι δ᾽ αἴθωνι σ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.473; πλέων.. μετὰ χαλκόν· ἄγω δ᾽ αἴθωνα σίδηρον 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.184 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χαλκός τε χρυσός τε πολύκμητός τε σ., of treasures, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.133, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; as a prize, [[ 23.261, 850 ] Refs]; Σκύθης σ., because brought from the Euxine, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 818; ὁ πόντιος ξεῖνος.. θηκτὸς σ. [prev. work] 942 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 frequently as a symbol of hardness [[compare (σιδήρεος 1.2)] Refs], or of stubborn force, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.372, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.494 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὀφθαλμοὶ ὡσεὶ κέρα ἕστασαν ἠὲ σ[[. [prev. work] 211; οὔ σφι λίθος χρὼς οὐδὲ σ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.510; ἐκ σ. κεχάλκευται.. καρδίαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 123.4, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 658; ἦσθα πέτρος ἢ σ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1279 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 666c ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of firmness, steadfastness, πέτρης ὅ γ᾽ ἔχων νόον ἠὲ σ. [[ 2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 4.44, compare 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 5.22. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]