σειρά

A. cord, rope, σειράς τ’ εὐπλέκτους Il. 23.115; σειρὴν δὲ πλεκτήν Od. 22.175; ς. χρυσείη cord of gold, Il. 8.19, cf. Pl. Tht. 153c: metaph., σειραῖς . . ἁμαρτιῶν σφίγγεται LXX Pr. 5.22; σειραὶ ζόφου v.l. in 2 Ep.Pet. 2.4: v. also σαύρα IV.

2. trace (cf. σειραφόρος), Poll. 1.141.

3. cord or line with a noose, lasso, used by the Sagartians and Sarmatians, Hdt. 7.85, Paus. 1.21.5: hence the Parthians are called σειραφόροι, Suid.

4. a bandage, Gal. 18(1).777; ς. μονομερής, διμερής, κτλ. Sor. Fasc. 23,24, al.

5. ἡ ς. τοῦ βίρρου,= cimussatio (prob. edge, border), Dosith.p.435K.

II. metaph. of an animal's tail, Nic. Th. 119,385.

III. σειραὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς locks of hair, LXX Jd. 16.13; ς. τριχῶν Poll. 2.30.

IV. metaph., line, lineage, Tz.ad Lyc. 481, Sch.Il. 1.176.

V. series, Dam. Pr. 45,95.

VI. pl., a disease of horses, Hippiatr. 52.

VII. the front part of the perineum, Aët. 6.34.