εἴρη

A. = ἀγορά or ἐκκλησία, a place of assembly, εἰράων προπάροιθε καθήμενοι Il. 18.531 (cf. Sch. ad loc. and EM 483.3); ἐπιμίσγεται . . εἴρας ἐς ἀθανάτων Hes. Th. 804 (Herm. for εἰρέας): expld. by Hsch. as = ἐρώτησις, φήμη, κληδών (also written ἰρά, ἱρά, by Gramm., cf. Apollon. Lex., EM 475.12, Suid.).