σιδηροῦς

A. ‐ειος Theognost. Can. 56); Dor. σιδάρεος [α] IG 42(1).103.114 (Epid., iv B.C.), and v. infr. 11, also σιδάριος SIG 246 ii 67 (Delph., iv B.C.); Aeol. σιδάριος Theoc. 29.24:—made of iron or steel, ἄξων Il. 5.723; σιδηρείη κορύνη 7.141; πύλαι 8.15; ὑποκρητηρίδιον Hdt. 1.25; σκύταλον Theoc. 17.31; χεὶρ ς. grappling-iron, Th. 4.25, 7.62: also ς. ὀρυμαγδός, i.e. the clang of arms, Il. 17.424; ς. οὐρανός the iron sky, the firmament, which the ancients held to be of metal, Od. 15.329 (cf. χάλκεος); ς. γένος, of the Iron age, Hes. Op. 176.

2. metaph., ἦ γὰρ σοί γε ς. ἐν φρεσὶ θυμός a soul of iron, i.e. hard, stubborn as iron, Il. 22.357, cf. Od. 23.172; οὐδέ μοι . . θυμὸς ἐνὶ στήθεσσι ς., ἀλλ’ ἐλεήμων 5.191; οὐδ’ εἴ οἱ κραδίη γε ς. ἔνδοθεν ἦεν 4.293; σιδήρειόν νύ τοι ἦτορ Il. 24.205,521; ἦ ῥά νυ σοί γε ς. πάντα τέτυκται thou art iron all! Od. 12.280; πυρὸς μένος . . ς. the iron force of fire, Il. 23.177; of Heracles, the ironsided, Simon. 8; of men, Ar. Ach. 491; σὰρξ ς. Theoc. 22.47; ὦ σιδήρεοι O ye ironhearted! Aeschin. 3.166; εἰ μὴ σιδηροῦς ἐστιν, οἴομαι ἔννουν γεγονέναι Lys. 10.20; ς. λόγοι Pl. Grg. 509a.

II. σιδάρεοι,οἱ, Byzantine iron coins, always used in Dor. form, even at Athens, Ar. Nu. 249, Pl.Com. 96, Stratt. 36.