μηρία, τά
(singular μηρίον only in [[ 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 16 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus); in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus and 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] also μῆρα (which see): thigh-bones, ἐκ μηρία τάμνον.. κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν, δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.456; ἐπὶ μηρία θέντες Ἀπόλλωνι 21.267 ] Refs 8th c.BC+], compare {μῆρα}; εἴ ποτέ τοι κατὰ πίονα μηρί᾽ (i. e. thigh-bones in their fat) ἔκηα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.40, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.764, +others; πιανθέντα βοῶν ὅ γε μ. καίει 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.126; but δημὸν καὶ μ. ἔκηα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.240; ἀγλαὰ μ. 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 337, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1145; κηκὶς μηρίων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1008; τῶν μηρίων ἡ κνῖσα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 193, compare 1517.—On the distinction between μηρία and μηροί,compare 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Biographus “Lex.” see at {μηρία}, 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.161 V., etc. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II ={μηροί}, thighs, φῦμα μηρίων μεταξύ [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 136, compare 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.84; βρέφους 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.100. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]