ἔθειρα

A. hair, poet. Noun, Hom. only in Il., and always in pl., either of a horse's mane, 8.42; or of the horsehair crest on helmets, 16.795, 19.382.

II. later sg., hair of the head, Pi. I. 5(4).9, A. Pers. 1062 (lyr.), E. Hel. 1124 (lyr.), Theoc. 5.91, etc.: also pl., h.Ven. 228, A. Ch. 175, E. Hel. 632, Euph. 23, IG 3.1376, etc.; of a lion's mane, Theoc. 25.244; porcupine's quills, Opp. C. 3.395; a bird's feathers, ib. 123; κρόκου θυόεσσαν ἔθειραν, of the filiform stigmas of the saffron, Mosch. 2.68.