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κραῦρος

κραῦρος, fever; a disease of bees

κραῦρος2, brittle, friable

κραῦρ-ος (A), ου, ὁ,
  • = κραῦρα, Arist. HA 604a14; also, a disease of bees, prob. in Hsch. (καυροώς cod.).
κραῦρ-ος (B), α, ον, also ος, ον Arist. PA 655a25:—
  • brittle, friable (κραῦρον τὸ τελέως ξηρόν, ὥστε καὶ πεπηγέναι διʼ ἔλλειψιν ὑγρότητος Id. GC 330a6), Pl. Ti. 60d (Comp.); of wood, Thphr. HP 1.6.2, al., Eust. 1906.11; opp. μαλακός, γλίσχρος, Arist. PA l.c., GA 734b32; of meat, θερμότερον ἢ κραυρότερον ἢ μέσως ἔχον (apptly.) dry and cold, Eub. 7.

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