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Κριός

ram

Translated by William Hutton7 Mar 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

3 notes · 34 words
[Meaning] one rushing with the head.1 So the hiding one was driving backward.2 Also in wine stores 'ram' is the name given to the first vessel, the one by which the rest are protected.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κριός· ὁ τὸ κάρα ἱέμενος. ὡς ὁ κρύπτων ἤλαυν' ὀπίσω. καὶ ἐν ταῖς οἰνικαῖς ἀποστάσεσι κριὸς καλεῖται τὸ κεράμιον τὸ πρῶτον, ᾧ τὰ λοιπὰ ἐπιτηρεῖται.

Betacode
*krio/s: o( to\ ka/ra i(e/menos. w(s o( kru/ptwn h)/laun' o)pi/sw. kai\ e)n tai=s oi)nikai=s a)posta/sesi krio\s kalei=tai to\ kera/mion to\ prw=ton, w(=| ta\ loipa\ e)pithrei=tai.

Notes (3)

  1. For this headword see also kappa 2434, kappa 2436, kappa 2437, kappa 2438. The present entry closely resembles one in Etymologicum Gudianum 347; see further in notes 1 and 2 below.
  2. 1An attempt to etymologize the headword kri/os, as from ka/ra (head) and i(e/menos (rushing). The Et.Gud. has ke/rati in place of ka/ra. ↩
  3. 2Perhaps a quotation (unidentifiable), or perhaps an alternative etymology, as from kru/ptwn (hiding) and o)pi/sw (backwards). The elision h)/laun' o)pi/sw suggests the former (though the result is not demonstrably metrical), yet the Et.Gud. reads h)/launen in place of the elided h)/laun'. ↩
  4. 3This sense of the headword, attested only here, is not registered in LSJ s.v. ↩

Neighbouring entries

κ2433ΚριόςKrios, Crios, Krioa, Crioaκ2434Κριόςram, battering ramκ2435Κριόςramκ2436Κριὸς ἀσελγόκερωςoutrageously-horned ramκ2437Κριὸς τροφεῖα ἀπέτισεthe ram repaid his upkeep
Revision history3 revisions · last 2 May 2016
  1. coding etc. — David Whitehead
  2. tweaking — David Whitehead
  3. x-refs; another note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — William Hutton

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