σῐδήρ-ιον
(Doric dialect σιδάριον [[ “Schwyzer” 180.5 (from Crete))] Refs], τό, implement or tool of iron, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.313.128 (5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θερμοῖσι σ. ἐκκαίειν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς with hot irons, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπαΐοντες σιδηρίων feeling iron, not being proof against it, [[ [prev. author] 3.29 ] Refs]; of a knife, [[ [prev. author] 9.37, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.42; σ. εἰς κρεονομίαν “PCair.Zen.” 720.3 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. λιθουργά, of a stonemason's tools, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 41; σιδηρίων μισθός “IG” 22.1656; λίθους καὶ ξύλα καὶ σ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 300b; σ. πλατέα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 313a17. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II iron, [[ 3rd c.BC: Daimachus Historicus 4J. (variant{σίδηρον}). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]