σιδήρεος
Alt. σι^δήρεος, α, ionicη, ον, epicσιδήρειος, η, ον
Etym. σίδηρος
I. "made of iron or steel, iron", Lat. ferreus, Hom., etc.; χεὶρ σιδηρᾶ "a grappling-iron", Thuc.:— σιδήρειος ὀρυμαγδός, i. e. the clang "of arms", Il.; σιδήρεος οὐρανός the "iron" sky, the firmament, which the ancients held to be of metal, Od.
2. metaph., σιδήρεος ἐν φρεσὶ θυμός a soul "of iron", i. e. "hard as iron", Hom.; οἱ κραδίη σιδηρέη Od.; σοί γε σιδήρεα πάντα τέτυκται thou art "iron" all! id=Od.:—of Hercules, "the ironside", Simon.; ὦ σιδήρεοι "O ye ironhearted!" Aeschin.
II. σιδάρεοι, οἱ, "a Byzantine iron coin", always in doric form, Ar.