δειράς

A. ridge of a chain of hills, h.Ap. 281, S. Aj. 697 (lyr.), Limen. 22; of the isthmus of Corinth, Pi. O. 8.52, I. 1.10; of Trachis, S. Ph. 491: in pl., E. Ph. 206 (lyr.): metaph., τέγγει δ’ ὑπ’ ὀφρύσι δειράδας, of the petrified form of Niobe on Mt. Sipylus, which poured tears under the brow of the hill over its ridges, S. Ant. 832 (lyr.). (δερς‐, cf. Skt. drsad- 'rock'.)