ἴκρια

A. halfdeck at the stern of a ship, νηῶν ἴκρῑ ἐπῴχετο μακρὰ βιβάσθων Il. 15.676; [κυβερνήτης] κάππεσ’ ἀπ’ ἰκριόφιν Od. 12.414; εἰς ἴκρια νηὸς ἔβαινον πρῴρης (i.e. from the prow) ib.229; νηὸς ἐπ’ ἰκριόφιν καταλέξεται 3.353; εὐπάκτων ἐπ’ ἰκρίων σταθεὶς ὄρουσε B. 16.83: wrongly expld. by Eust. as = ἐγκοίλια in Od. 5.252, but perh. so used by Nonn. D. 40.447,452; expld. as = κεραία in A.R. 1.566 by Sch., but prob. wrongly, cf. Lyc. 751.

II. generally, platform, stage, ἴκρια ἐπὶ σταυρῶν ὑψηλῶν . . ἕστηκε Hdt. 5.16, cf. Str. 12.3.18, Hsch.

2. scaffolding, IG 12.94.28 (prob. in 374.151), 4.39 (Aegina, v B.C.), BCH 6.27(Delos, ii B.C.).

3. benches in a theatre, Cratin. 323, Ar. Th. 395, Ath. 4.167f.

4. dub. sens. in Thphr. HP 5.6.2.

III. sg.,= ἱστός, mast, Eust. 1533.31; pole, dub. l. in Nic. Th. 198; set up on a cenotaph, Marcellin. Vit. Thuc. 31.