μηρία

• thigh-bones, ἐκ μηρία τάμνον . . κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν, δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες Od. 3.456; ἐπὶ μηρία θέντες Ἀπόλλωνι 21.267, cf. foreg.; εἴ ποτέ τοι κατὰ πίονα μηρίʼ (i.e. thigh-bones in their fat) ἔκηα Il. 1.40, cf. Od. 4.764, al.; πιανθέντα βοῶν ὅ γε μ. καίει Theoc. 17.126; but δημὸν καὶ μ. ἔκηα Il. 8.240; ἀγλαὰ μ. Hes. Op. 337, Thgn. 1145; κηκὶς μηρίων S. Ant. 1008; τῶν μηρίων ἡ κνῖσα Ar. Av. 193, cf. 1517.—On the distinction between μηρία and μηροί, cf. Apollon. Lex. s.v. μηρία, Ammon. Diff. p.161 V., etc.
• • II = μηροί, thighs, φῦμα μηρίων μεταξύ Archil. 136, cf. Bion 1.84; βρέφους Sor. 1.100.

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[μηρός.]

As a word of ritual, the thigh bones of a victim with the flesh adhering Il. 1.40, Il. 8.240, Il. 11.773, Il. 15.373, Il. 22.170, Il. 24.34: Od. 3.9, 273, 456, Od. 4.764, Od. 9.553, Od. 17.241, Od. 19.366, 397, Od. 21.267, Od. 22.336.

• • Islices cut from the thighs, Hom. It was the custom to cut out the μηρία (ἐκ μηρία τάμνον) , wrap them in two folds of fat (κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν, δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες) , and burn them upon the altar.
  • II= μηροί, the thighs, Bion.