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|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῐ], τό</b>, heterocl. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> κρίνεα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span>; dat. κρίνεσιν <span class="bibl">Cratin. 98</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>911</span>, etc.:—<b class="b2">white lily, Lilium candidum</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.6.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.11.56</span>, Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>74.27, Dsc.3.102; <b class="b3">κ. πορφυροῦν</b> <b class="b2">Turk's cap lily, L. chalcedonicum</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.6.3</span>, cf. Dsc.l.c.: prov., κρίνου γυμνότερος <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>6.181c</span>: hence, of a needy man, <span class="bibl">Poll.6.197</span>, etc.: symbolic of death, v. [[κολοκύντη]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">Egyptian bean, Nelumbium speciosum</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.92</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> kind of <b class="b2">choral dance</b>, <span class="bibl">Apolloph.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> kind of <b class="b2">loaf</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.3.114f</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">architectural ornament</b>, IG11(2).161 <span class="title">A</span>72 (Delos, iii B. C.).</span>