γραῖα

English (LSJ)

late Poet. nom. γραίη, Dor. γραία (only gen. sg. in Hom.), ἡ,

   A old woman, Od.1.438, S.Tr.870, E.Tr.465, al.: as Adj., γραῖαι δαίμονες, of the Eumenides, A.Eu.150 (lyr.), cf. 69.    2 as Adj., of things, old, γραίας ἐρείκης Id.Ag.295; γραίας ἀκάνθης S.Fr.868; γραῖαν ὠλένην E.Ion1213; γραίᾳ χερί Id.Hec.877; γραιᾶν πηρᾶν Theoc.15.19; σταφυλὴ γραίη raisins, AP6.231 (Phil.).    3 Γραῖαι, αἱ, the Graiae, with hair grey from their birth, Hes.Th.270, prob. in A.Fr.262.    II = γραῦς 11, scum or skin which forms over boiled milk, etc., Arist.Pr.893b32.    III folds of skin below the navel, Ruf. Onom.99, Poll.2.170.    IV = γραῦς 111, sea-crab, Epich.61.    V = κάρδοπος, Hsch.