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κριός

κριός, a ram

κρῑός, ὁ,
  • ram, Od. 9.447, 461, Hdt. 2.42, etc.; κριοὶ ἄγριοι Id. 4.192: prov., κριὸς τροφεῖα ἀπέτεισεν, of ingratitude, because a ram butts at those who have brought him up, Zen. 4.63, Suid., Hsch.; κριοὺς ἐκγεννᾶν τέκνα Eup. 99; κριοῦ διακονία, of thankless service, Suid., Hsch.; τὸν κριὸν ὡς ἐπέχθη the ‘shearing of the ram’, in allusion to the ode of Simonides in honour of Crius of Aegina, Ar. Nu. 1356.
      • 2 battering-ram, X. Cyr. 7.4.1, IG 2(2).468, Plb. 1.48.9, Ath.Mech. 14.1, J. BJ 3.7.19, etc.
      • 3 the constellation Aries, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.13, Euc. Phaen. p.6 M., Arat. 238, J. AJ 3.10.5, etc.
    • II a sea-monster, Ael. NA 9.49, 15.2, Opp. H. 1.372, 5.33, etc.
    • III kind of mussel, Hegesand. 36 (κρεῖος cod. A Ath.).
    • IV volute on the Corinthian capital, twisted like a ramʼs horn, Hsch.
    • V kind of ship, Poll. 1.83.
    • VI part of an irrigation-system, dub. sens. in BGU 14iii9 (iii A. D.).
    • VII a variety of ἐρέβινθος, Thphr. HP 8.5.1, PCair.Zen. 192.8 (iii B. C.), Dsc. 2.104, Gal. 6.533: misspelt κρεῖος in Sophil. 8: Lat. cicer arietinum, Petron. 35, etc.; est enim arietino capiti simile, Plin. HN 18.124. (Prob. cogn. with κέρας.)

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