κραταιίς

κρᾰται-ίς, ἡ, (κρατύς) of the stone of Sisyphus, ὅτε μέλλοι ἄκρον ὑπερβαλέειν, τότʼ ἀποστρέψασκε κραταιίς when it was just about to surmount the top, then did

• mighty weight turn it back, dub. in Od. 11.597 (taken as Adv., violently, by Aristarch.; as κράταιʼ ἴς (where κράταια may be an old fem. of κρατύς like *πλάταια (cf. Skt. pṛthivī), pl. Πλαταιαί, fem. of πλατύς) by Ptol.Asc. ap. Hdn.Gr. 2.153).
• • II (proparox.) as pr.n., the Mighty one, name of the mother of Scylla, Od. 12.124.

κραταιίς : overpowering force, ‘weight’ we should say, i. e. the force of gravitation, in the stone of Sisyphus, Od. 11.597.—Personified, Κραταιίς, Crataeis, the mother of Scylla, Od. 12.124.

κραταιίς κρᾰταιίς, ίδος κράτος

• mighty force, Od.