Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μῆρε du ‎(mêre)

Noun

μῆρᾰ • ‎(mêra) n pl ‎(genitive μήρων); second declension

1. thigh-bones (femora) wrapped in two folds of fat for votive immolation
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.464
   • 500 BCE – 400 BCE, Bacchylides, Fr. 3.4
   • 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 1088
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 3.179

Declension

Related terms

• μηρία ‎(mēría)
• μηρός ‎(mērós)

References

• μῆρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μῆρα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μῆρα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «μῆρα» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963