σύρμα

A. anything trailed or dragged:

I. a theatric robe with a long train, Arr. Epict. 1.29.41, Poll. 7.67, An.Par. 1.19; ς. ἱματίου train, Ptol. Tetr. 24; without ἱματίου, Heph.Astr. 1.1; Lat. syrma, Juv. 8.229, Mart. 4.49.8, al.; cf. σύρω 1, συρτός 11: periphr., σύρμα πλοκάμων long flowing hair, AP 5.12 (Phld.); ς. τερηδόνος a long woodworm, ib.12.190 (Strat.).

2. sweepings, refuse, litter, ὄνους σύρματ’ ἂν ἑλέσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ χρυσόν Heraclit. 9; cf. συρφετός.

3. Medic., perh. abrasion, scaly skin-disease, Hp. Epid. 4.30; ἀπὸ . . συρμάτων ἀποθνῄσκοντες Ptol. Tetr. 201 (but κλασμάτων Procl. ad loc.); cf. ἀπόσυρμα 1.1.

II. dragging, trailing motion, μόσχων Mesom. Sol. 23; trail left by a serpent, D.Chr. 5.19, Ael. NA 9.61:— ς. Ἀντιγόνης a place at Thebes, where Antigone was said to have dragged the body of Polynices to his brother's pyre, Paus. 9.25.2.

2. Music, drawing out or prolonging the tones, Ptol. Harm. 2.12.

3. syrma, = dictio longa, Gloss.