Κραίνουσι

they exercise sway

Translated by David Whitehead2 Mar 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

11 words

[Meaning] they accomplish, they fulfil, they are kings, they are lords.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κραίνουσι· τελειοῦσι, πληροῦσι, βασιλεύουσι, κυριεύουσι.

Betacode

*krai/nousi: teleiou=si, plhrou=si, basileu/ousi, kurieu/ousi.

Likewise, variously, in other lexica. The headword is third person plural, present indicative active, of the verb krai/nw. It must be quoted from somewhere: extant possibilities include Homer (Odyssey 8.391 and 19.567) Euripides (Alcestis 1160, etc.) and Lucian (Symposium 48).

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