ἐρεοῦς, ᾶ, οῦν,
(ἐρέα) contraction from ἐρέεος, of wool, woollen, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.386.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Plt.” 280e, +others, “PCair.Zen.” 54.37 (3rd c.BC), “PPetr.” 2p.108 (2nd c.BC); τὰ ἐρεᾶ “PCair.Zen.” 295 (3rd c.BC); τελαμῶνες 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.83 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; variant for{ἐριοῦς}, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus ] Refs 1st c.AD+] 1.19:—also written ἐρειοῦς, ᾶ, οῦν[[, ἐσθής “IG” 11(2).161 B 62 (Delos, 3rd c.BC); compare χιθῶνα ἐριοῦν “BGU” 816.18 (3rd c.AD). (Cf. ἐρέα near the end) ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]