κρειττόομαι

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ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop

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Transliteration A: kreittóomai Transliteration B: kreittoomai Transliteration C: kreittoomai Beta Code: kreitto/omai

English (LSJ)

Pass., of the vine,

   A to be diseased, have excrescences, Thphr.HP4.14.6, CP5.9.13:—Subst. κρείττ-ωσις, εως, ἡ, ibid.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κρειττόομαι: ἐπὶ τῆς ἀμπέλου, πάσχω ἐκ κρειττώσεως, δηλ. βλαστάνω παρὰ φύσιν, Θεοφρ. Ἱστ. Φ. 4. 14, 6, Αἰτ. Φ. 5. 9, 13· ἐντεῦθεν οὐσιαστ. κρείττωσις, εως, ἡ, νόσος ἀμπέλου, ἡ παρὰ φύσιν βλάστησις, ἧς ἕνεκα ἀτροφοῦσι καὶ ἀπορρέουσιν αἱ ῥᾶγες, αὐτόθι.