ἔριον, τό,
Ionic dialect εἴριον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
wool, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐρίῳ στέψαντες, i.e. with woollen fillets, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴρια ῥυπαρά, ἔρια οἰσυπηρά, greasy wool, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τἄρια, crasis for τὰ ἔ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. πεπταμένα outspread
flocks of wool, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
cotton, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἔ. [τῆς ἀράχνης] a spider's
web, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τὰ ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης ἔ, of the
byssus of the pinna, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]; Latin
vervex perhaps not
cognate)