τά (sg. μηρίον only in Posidon. 16 J.); in Hom. and Ar. also μῆρα; thigh-bones, ἐκ μηρία τάμνον… κατά τε κνίσῃ ἐκάλυψαν, δίπτυχα ποιήσαντες Od. 3.456; ἐπὶ μηρία θέντες Ἀπόλλωνι 21.267, cf. μῆρα ; εἴ ποτέ τοι κατὰ πίονα μηρί’ (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.Soph. Lex. s.v. μηρία, Ammon. Diff. p. 161 V., etc. = μηροί, thighs, φῦμα μηρίων μεταξύ Archil. 136, cf. Bion 1.84; βρέφους Sor. 1.100.

1. slices cut from the thighs , (Homer) 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.
2. = μηροί, the thighs , (Bion Bucolicus) (ML)