κρουνός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[spring]], [[well head]], whence [[stream]]s ([[πηγή|πηγαί]]) [[issue]], <span class="bibl">Il.22.147</span>, <span class="bibl">208</span>; χείμαρροι ποταμοὶ… κρουνῶν ἐκ μεγάλων <span class="bibl">4.454</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.63</span>, <span class="bibl">Men. 530.22</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.1177.290</span> (ii A. D.), etc.; κρουνοὶ κρηναίου ποτοῦ <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Tr.</span>14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[κρουνὸς αἵματος]] = [[stream of blood]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>790</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hec.</span>568</span>; [[κρουνοὶ Ἁφαίστοιο]] = [[stream]]s of [[lava]] from [[Etna]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.25</span>; of [[streaming]] [[perspiration]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>7.85</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>316.3</span>: metaph., [[torrent of words]], θαρρῶν τὸν κρουνὸν ἀφίει <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1005</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[watercourse]], <span class="bibl">Str.5.3.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[spout]], [[nozzle]], <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Spir.</span>2.25</span>, al.</span>