Κρίκος
ring
Translated by Catharine Roth28 Dec 2008Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a small circle.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κρίκος· τὸ κρικέλιον.
Betacode
*kri/kos: to\ krike/lion.
Notes
- Likewise in some other lexica. The headword is a dialectal variant of
ki/rkos (cf. kappa 1663), occurring in Homer, Herodotus, and elsewhere. For the variety of applications, see LSJ s.v.
The gloss could be spelledkrike/llion with double lambda.